Man in Central Illinois Killed 3 People and Wounded Another Before Killing Self, Authorities Say

Published on December 16, 2023

SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—A man is believed to have killed three women and wounded a man before killing himself during a traffic stop in central Illinois, authorities said. Police were called to a home in rural Ashland, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of Springfield, in response to a report of a man being shot late Thursday, The Springfield State Journal-Register reported. They discovered a man with a gunshot wound and a woman who was dead. The wounded man told police about a related attack at another Ashland home. Authorities found two women dead there. Police identified a suspect and officers located his vehicle in Jacksonville, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southwest of Ashland. The man was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the vehicle, the Jacksonville Journal Courier reported....