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Juneteenth holiday horror: Four people are shot dead and at least 42 others injured so far this weekend as gun violence erupts across the nation – from Illinois to Missouri
- At least 20 people were shot, one fatally, during a Juneteenth celebration early Sunday morning in Willowbrook, Illinois
- The gunfire erupted during an illegal street takeover attended by at least 300 people overnight outside of the Willowbrook shopping center
- At least five people were killed and dozens injured in several other shootings across the country during the holiday weekend.
Five people were killed and at least 42 were injured in multiple shootings as violence erupted across the country over the holiday weekend.
A shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in a suburban Illinois town left one person dead after at least 20 people were shot outside a shopping center overnight.
It happened around 12:30 a.m. on Route 83 near Honeysuckle Lane in Willowbrook, Illinois, Battalion Chief Joe Ostrander with the Tri-State Fire Protection District told WLS.
One minor was killed after at least 10 people under the age of 18 were shot in St. Louis, Missouri early Sunday morning.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened in the area of Washington Avenue and 14th Street around 1:45 a.m., KMOV-TV reported.
Witnesses told the KMOV that the shooting took place inside a building.
One of the teens was pronounced dead at the scene. The names of the victims and the conditions of those wounded in the shooting were not immediately available.
Two dead, three injured in shooting near Washington state music festival; suspected gunman arrested
Two people were killed and three were injured in a shooting near a Washington state campground area hosting people attending a nearby music festival Saturday night, police said.
The Grant Count Sheriff’s Office received a report of a shooting shortly before 8:30 p.m. at the camping area near the small city of George, 149 miles east of Seattle. Officers pursued the suspect, who was then taken into custody.
The names and conditions of the victims were not immediately available.
Organizers of the Beyond Wonderland electronic music festival said on social media that Sunday’s events at the Gorge Amphitheatre were canceled.
The shooting occurred on the campgrounds adjacent to the concert stages, the sheriff’s office said. Concert organizers described the location as an ‘overflow camping area.’
KREM-TV reported the shooter was among the three injured. That was according to Kyle Foreman, public information officer with the Grant County Sheriff’s Office.
Pennsylvania trooper, suspect killed in shootout;
A state trooper and a suspect were killed Saturday afternoon in a shootout in central Pennsylvania, hours after the suspect seriously wounded another trooper, state police said.
Police in Juniata County said a man engaged troopers at about 12:45 p.m. near the Lewistown barracks and shot one trooper, who was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. Authorities found the man shortly before 3 p.m. in Walker Township.
The name of the trooper and the suspect who died and the name and condition of the wounded trooper were not immediately available.
Officials said Saturday evening there was no threat to the public.
Eight wounded in shooting during pool party at California home
Eight people were injured in a shooting that unfolded during a pool part at a Southern California home on Saturday.
Police responded to the scene in Carson, south of Los Angeles shortly after midnight to find the victims ranging in ages from 16 to 24.
Five were found at the home with injuries to the head, back and upper and lower body areas, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement.
The victims were taken to hospitals, and two were listed in critical condition.
Authorities said they received a call two minutes later after a vehicle crashed into a wall nearby. They found a 16-year-old boy suffering from a gunshot wound, the statement said. More than a dozen detectives are investigating, authorities said.
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