{"id":1951515,"date":"2023-06-19T22:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T02:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-shot-one-dead-as-chicago-suburb-juneteenth-celebration-turns-violent\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T22:46:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T02:46:43","slug":"23-shot-one-dead-as-chicago-suburb-juneteenth-celebration-turns-violent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-shot-one-dead-as-chicago-suburb-juneteenth-celebration-turns-violent\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Dead, 23 Shot in Violent Juneteenth Celebration in Chicago Suburb."},"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\">22<\/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%2F23-shot-one-dead-as-chicago-suburb-juneteenth-celebration-turns-violent%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=1951515&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--><h2>Deadly Shooting Erupts at Juneteenth Celebration Near Chicago<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twenty-three people were shot, and one person is dead after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reflections-on-crown-heights-30-years-later\/\" title=\"Reflections on Crown Heights, 30 Years Later\">large crowd gathered<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monday-afternoon-update-titanic-tourist-sub-goes-missing-blinken-blinks-in-china-nashville-shooting-memo-latest\/\" title=\"Monday Afternoon Update: Tourist Sub Lost, Blinken's China Visit, Nashville Shooting Memo Update\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-shot-during-juneteenth-celebrations\/\" title=\"Many people injured in Juneteenth festivities due to gunfire.\">strip mall parking lot<\/a> southwest<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicagos-endless-summer-violence-34-shot-8-dead-so-far-this-memorial-day-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a> to celebrate Juneteenth over the weekend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Authorities said they were monitoring the gathering, which began around 6:00 p.m. Saturday in Willowbrook, Illinois, before an unknown number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-shot-one-dead-as-chicago-suburb-juneteenth-celebration-turns-violent\/\" title=\"1 Dead, 23 Shot in Violent Juneteenth Celebration in Chicago Suburb.\">suspects opened fire shortly<\/a> after midnight, ABC 7 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/willowbrook-shooting-route-83-honeysuckle-rose-lane-news\/13397571\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Sheriff\u2019s deputies left the area to respond to a 911 call nearby, but they heard gunshots and immediately returned to the parking lot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was supposed to be like a Juneteenth celebration; we just started hearing shooting, so we dropped down until they stopped,\u201d witness Markeshia Avery said. \u201cThey just kept going. After that, we literally scattered away.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Many of the victims were shot as they tried to run from the gunfire. Two of the victims are in critical condition, while others sustained \u201cgraze wounds,\u201d according to officials. The person killed in the shooting has not yet been identified.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bartosz Majerczyk, another witness, told ABC 7 that it appeared that \u201ctwo different groups of people\u201d were exchanging gunfire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOut of nowhere, there was a major gunfight for like 30 seconds. I\u2019d say, 60 plus rounds. You could tell it was two different groups of people shooting at each other,\u201d Majerczyk said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shell casings littered the parking lot as authorities remained at the scene until 9:00 a.m. Sunday. The strip mall closed for the day as law enforcement conducted an investigation. DuPage County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Chief Eric Swanson said the motive behind the shooting is still unclear.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">People who live across the street from the scene of the shooting said the strip mall parking lot has attracted large gatherings before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s probably one of these social media things that everyone gets together and balloons into that,\u201d said Rick Wagner. \u201cI\u2019ve talked to the police in [the] past, DuPage County and Burr Ridge, and every time, they said there were going to do something or try to do something about it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illinois Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker \u2014 who signed a bill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/illinois-becomes-9th-state-in-union-to-ban-dozens-of-firearms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">banning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/several-illinois-sheriffs-departments-refuse-to-enforce-new-state-law-banning-dozens-of-firearms\/\" title=\"Several Illinois Sheriff\u2019s Departments Refuse To Enforce New State Law Banning Dozens Of Firearms\">rapid-fire rifles<\/a> and pistols earlier this year \u2014 released a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovPritzker\/status\/1670535510253608961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1670535510253608961%7Ctwgr%5E9b10bd14fff2c8bb64bdfd92c8d98ae053eafa70%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7chicago.com%2Fwillowbrook-shooting-route-83-honeysuckle-rose-lane-news%2F13397571%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the deadly shooting, calling gun violence \u201ca public health emergency.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pritzker added that he remains \u201ccommitted to banning these dangerous weapons and making our state safer for everyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chicago Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson, whose city just experienced its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chicago-rocked-by-violence-as-at-least-11-killed-over-memorial-day-weekend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">most deadly<\/a> Memorial Day weekend in eight years, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChicagosMayor\/status\/1670541677017329664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1670541677017329664%7Ctwgr%5E9b10bd14fff2c8bb64bdfd92c8d98ae053eafa70%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7chicago.com%2Fwillowbrook-shooting-route-83-honeysuckle-rose-lane-news%2F13397571%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered<\/a> his condolences to the victims\u2019 families, adding that\u00a0\u201cwe must remain committed to addressing gun violence in our city and neighboring communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A deadly incident occurred during a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois. A crowd had gathered in a strip mall parking lot southwest of Chicago when an unknown number of suspects opened fire. Twenty-three people were shot, resulting in one fatality. Authorities had been monitoring the gathering, which started at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1951516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7695,4387,3642,28972,4049,15364,3947],"class_list":["post-1951515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-celebration","tag-chicago","tag-dead","tag-juneteenth","tag-shot","tag-suburb","tag-violent"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1951515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1951515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1951516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1951515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1951515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1951515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}