23 Shot, 1 Fatally, at a Juneteenth Celebration in Illinois
At least one person was killed and 22 others wounded in a shooting just after midnight Sunday at a large Juneteenth celebration in a strip mall parking lot in Willowbrook, Ill., southwest of Chicago, officials said.
Deputies from the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office heard gunfire around 12:30 a.m. and “responded to an area where a large gathering of people was happening,” said Eric Swanson, the deputy chief of the sheriff’s office, at a news conference on Sunday.
He said that some victims took themselves to hospitals and others were transported by emergency medical workers. He declined to provide the victims’ ages and conditions.
Chief Swanson said the motive behind the shooting was unclear. It was also not clear what types of firearms were used. No suspects were in custody.
Source: The New York Times
