Parking lot party shooting leaves 1 dead and 22 hurt in suburban Chicago
At least 23 people were shot, one fatally, early Sunday during a gathering in a parking lot that drew hundreds of people in suburban Chicago, authorities said.
TV news video showed the strip mall lot in Willowbrook filled with debris and police tape, about 20 miles (32.1 kilometres) southwest of Chicago.
The DuPage County Sheriff's Office described it as a peaceful gathering to celebrate Juneteenth that suddenly turned violent as a number of people fired multiple shots into the crowd.
We know of 22 victims injured and one victim killed by gunfire. Several other victims were also injured while attempting to flee the area, the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Police were there monitoring the gathering but were called away because of a nearby fight, the sheriff's office said.
They heard gunshots and immediately returned to the scene," the sheriff's office said.
A motive for the attack wasn't immediately known, and no one was arrested by early afternoon.
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