Central Illinois Man Kills Three Women, Wounds Man, Then Self

The suspect was found dead in his vehicle in Jacksonville, while the surviving victim battles life-threatening injuries.

An unidentified man in central Illinois is believed to have killed three women and wounded another man before taking his own life.
The incident began late Thursday when police were called to a home in rural Ashland, where they found a man with a gunshot wound and a deceased woman.
The wounded man informed police of a related attack at another home in Ashland, where authorities discovered two more women dead.
Police identified a suspect and found his vehicle in Jacksonville, where he was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The surviving man was taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, and the names of the victims and suspect are expected to be released later.