One person is dead after at least 20 people were shot outside a suburban Illinois shopping center overnight when hundreds gathered for a Juneteenth celebration. 

The shooting 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.

Witnesses said the massive crowd of more than 300 people had gathered for a Juneteenth celebration that turned violent. 

In an update later on Sunday morning, the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office said at least 20 people had been shot, one fatally. At least one person is in critical condition, while the others suffered ‘graze wounds.’

‘It was supposed to be like a Juneteenth celebration; we just started hearing shooting, so we dropped down until they stopped,’ witness Markeshia Avery said. ‘They just kept going. After that, we literally scattered away.’

Emergency services responded to the shooting outside the Willowbrook shopping center in Illinois after gunfire erupted during an illegal street takeover attended by at least 300 people overnight.

A massive police presence remained on the scene at 5:30 a.m. and are investigating. 

The shooting in Illinois was just one of several overnight acts of violence on this holiday weekend with Father’s Day on Sunday and Juneteenth on Monday. 

One killed after 10 people under the age of 18 are shot in Missouri 

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.

Shooting suspect arrested after 5 people wounded near Washington state music festival 

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Five people were injured in a shooting near a Washington state campground area hosting a 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.

Five victims suffered gunshot wounds, the sheriff’s office said in a social media post. The names and conditions of the victims were not immediately available.

Police said a nearby concert was going ahead as planned. KREM-TV reported the concert was an electronic dance music festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre.

Organizers of the Beyond Wonderland festival posted a tweet asking concertgoers to avoid a specific gate to the campground but said there was no danger.

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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