MADISON COUNTY, Ill. — Authorities on Sunday identified two women who were found dead a day earlier outside a home in Madison County and the man who killed them.
The women were identified as Jaime Joiner, 30, and her sister, Jessica Joiner, 34, who had flown in a day earlier from California, according to Madison County Sheriff's Office Maj. Jeff Connor.
Connor said they were both shot by Adam Cobb, 32, who lived in a home in the 1000 block of McDonough Lake Road, where authorities initially responded Saturday shortly before 10:30 a.m.
When authorities arrived, they found the bodies of the two women outside the home. Jaime Joiner also lived there but was in the process of moving out when she was shot. Her sister was helping her, Connor said.
Within 45 minutes, investigators identified a suspect, prompting a regional scanner dispatch to neighboring law enforcement agencies.
Around 1:15 p.m., a vehicle being driven by the suspect was spotted in Montgomery County near Hillsboro, Illinois, state police said.
After the suspect failed to pull over, authorities began pursuing his vehicle northeast on state Route 16. About 40 minutes later, the suspect's vehicle became "partially disabled."
The vehicle came to a stop on U.S. Route 51 near East 800 North Road, several miles north of Pana, Illinois, Christian County Sheriff Bruce Kettelkamp said.
Authorities said the suspect got out of his vehicle and pointed a gun in the direction of a state police trooper. The trooper, who has 26 years of experience with the state police, then fired his duty weapon at the suspect.
The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious, life-threatening injuries. He died Sunday morning.
Police said the "cause and nature" of the man's injuries were "under investigation." No law enforcement officers were injured.
A heavy law enforcement presence blocked the area where the suspect was taken into custody for much of the afternoon.
Authorities didn't comment on how the women died or on a possible relationship with the suspect.
Connor said no additional information would be released prior to a Sunday afternoon news conference at the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.