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   23 Shot, 1 Fatally, at a Juneteenth Celebration in Illinois   
   By Amanda Holpuch and Emma Bubola, June 18, 2023, NY Times   
   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 Co. 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.   
      
   Juneteenth is an annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the U.S. It has   
   been celebrated by African Americans since the late 1800s and became a federal   
   holiday in 2021.   
      
   The celebration in Willowbrook began around 6 p.m. on Saturday near an   
   apartment complex, the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Sunday   
   afternoon. It was unclear if the event was organized or sanctioned by nearby   
   businesses, which could not be    
   reached for comment.   
      
   Some police officers were monitoring the event when they received a call about   
   a fight nearby at about 12:25 a.m., the statement said. The officers were   
   heading to the fight when they heard gunshots and then returned to the   
   celebration.   
      
   “An unknown number of suspects fired multiple rounds from multiple weapons   
   into the crowd,” the statement said.   
      
   The sheriff’s office said 22 people were wounded and one person was killed   
   by gunfire. Several other people were injured trying to flee.   
      
   The shooting took place in a strip mall parking lot on Route 83, near   
   Honeysuckle Rose Lane. The sheriff’s office said that businesses in the area   
   would remain closed until further notice.   
      
   Loyola Univ Med Center in Maywood treated 4 victims, a spokeswoman for the   
   hospital, Carol Eggers, said.   
      
   Two people were brought there from other hospitals, including one patient who   
   was still hospitalized on Sunday afternoon and one who was discharged. The two   
   other patients, who had taken themselves to the hospital, were also released.   
      
   Twanda Carroll, a 51-year-old hairstylist and resident of the Hinsdale Lake   
   Terrace apartments just north of the shopping center, returned to Willowbrook   
   Sunday morning from a stay with relatives in Wisconsin.   
      
   Two bullets had entered her apartment, one shattering her living room window   
   and the other her bedroom window. The first bullet went through her clock and   
   into a back wall, and the second traveled through her closet and into the   
   kitchen wall.   
      
   She said she had been in Wisconsin for her mother’s birthday and her   
   daughter joined her there from Arkansas. Ms. Carroll had planned to come home   
   on Saturday night but decided against it to spend more time with her family.   
      
   Being away from the apartment at the time of the shooting was a “miracle,”   
   Ms. Carroll said.   
      
   She wiped tears from her eyes as she asked: “What if? What if we had been   
   there? Either my grandkids or me and my girl.”   
      
   https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/18/us/illinois-mass-shooting.html   
      
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