{"id":1951160,"date":"2023-06-19T15:38:14","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-shot-during-juneteenth-celebrations\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T15:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T19:39:47","slug":"dozens-shot-during-juneteenth-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-shot-during-juneteenth-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Many people injured in Juneteenth festivities due to gunfire."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdozens-shot-during-juneteenth-celebrations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951160&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Dozens Shot During Juneteenth Celebrations<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nearly two dozen people were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/18\/us\/illinois-mass-shooting.html\">shot<\/a>, one fatally, in an Illinois parking lot Saturday just after midnight, and two others were <a href=\"https:\/\/myfox8.com\/news\/north-carolina\/juvenile-charged-in-shooting-at-north-carolina-juneteenth-festival\/\">injured<\/a> in a shooting at an Asheville, N.C., festival the same evening. The shootings took place at Juneteenth holiday events marking the end of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Gunfire erupted in a Willowbrook, Ill., strip mall parking lot where a &#8220;large gathering of people was happening,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/18\/us\/illinois-mass-shooting.html\">according<\/a> to Eric Swanson, the deputy chief of the sheriff\u2019s office. Twenty-three people were shot and one person died from their injuries. No suspects were in custody as of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The North Carolina shooting <a href=\"https:\/\/myfox8.com\/news\/north-carolina\/juvenile-charged-in-shooting-at-north-carolina-juneteenth-festival\/\">resulted<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyff4.com\/article\/juvenile-arrested-after-shooting-festival-north-carolina\/44243099\">arrest<\/a> of a 16-year-old. Two juveniles were injured in the incident, which took place at a downtown Juneteenth festival.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/winred.tomcotton.com\/tom-cotton\/defend-scotus-ads-beacon?utm_source=rc&#038;utm_medium=beaconads&#038;utm_campaign=2023maybeaconscotus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Rising Crime Rates<\/h3>\n<p>The shootings are the latest example of rising crime in the country. Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southwestjournal.com\/how-the-murder-rate-in-illinois-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-country\/\">suffers<\/a> from violent crime rates higher than the national average and in 2022 saw its violent crime rate rise for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&#8217;s violent crime rate also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safewise.com\/blog\/safest-cities-north-carolina\/#:~:text=North%20Carolina%27s%20violent%20crime%20rate,average%20of%203.8%20per%201%2C000.\">increased<\/a> last year and sits above the national average. But the state&#8217;s Democrats are focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/north-carolina-democrats-push-for-state-to-mourn-catastrophe-of-israels-creation\/\">addressing<\/a> the &#8220;catastrophe&#8221; of Israel&#8217;s founding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/crime\/\" title=\"View all posts in Crime\">Crime<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple shootings occurred during Juneteenth celebrations across the country over the weekend. In Illinois, nearly 24 individuals were shot, resulting in one fatality, in a parking lot shortly after midnight on Saturday. Additionally, two people were injured in a shooting at a festival in Asheville, N.C., on the same evening. 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