Ns News Online Desk: Parking lot party shooting leaves many people hurt in suburban Chicago
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — Twenty people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot in suburban Chicago, TV stations reported.
Video showed the parking lot filled with debris and police tape in Willowbrook, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
The DuPage County sheriff’s office told TV stations at the scene that one person was killed and at least 19 more were wounded.
“It was supposed to be like a Juneteenth celebration. We just started hearing shooting, so we dropped down until they stopped,” witness Markeshia Avery told WLS-TV.
Another witness, Craig Lotcie, said: “Everybody ran, and it was chaos.”
Another incident-2 dead, 3 hurt in shooting at Washington state music festival
GEORGE, Wash. (AP) — 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 County Sheriff’s Office said Saturday it received a report of a shooting shortly before 8:30 p.m. at the camping area near the small city of George, 149 miles (239 kilometers) 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.
Third incident- Shooting in St. Louis kills 1, injures 9 young people, report says
ST. LOUIS (AP) — An overnight shooting in a downtown St. Louis building killed one juvenile and wounded nine others, according to a news report.
The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened around 1:45 a.m. Sunday, KMOV-TV reported.
Witnesses told the KMOV that the shooting took place inside a building.
The names of the victims and the conditions of those wounded in the shooting were not immediately available.
The St. Louis police did not immediately respond to an email from The Associated Press seeking additional information.
By Associated Press
