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JOLIET, Ill. — Police vehicles and orange cones lined West Acres Road in Joliet Tuesday morning, blocking access to two homes that were the site of one of the worst crime scenes suburban police say they’ve ever seen. Romeo Nance, the 23-year-old man wanted in the fatal shootings of eight people in the Joliet area, died from a self-inflicted gunshot Monday night after being pursued by U.S. Marshals in Texas. As of Tuesday, morning, only one of the victims, Toyosi Bakare, a 28-year-old man originally from Nigeria, had been identified by officials. In Joliet, residents of the typically quiet and …