Month: November 2021

Two gunmen opened fire at a house party in Joliet, Illinois (southwest of Chicago) killing two people and injuring more than a dozen. The Will County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the shooting occurred early Sunday morning at an event attended by an estimated 200 people, when gunfire erupted near a DJ booth in the backyard.

According to witnesses, one of the men — described as a Hispanic male wearing a red hoodie — fired from an elevated porch overlooking the crowd. The second shooter was described as a light-skinned man wearing a ski mask and yellow hoodie. Two people were pronounced dead at the scene, and remain unidentified. Four others were taken to local hospitals; additional details about the incident were not immediately available.

The suspects remain at large as of press time.

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Police in Texarkana, Texas confirmed that a suspect was arrested Sunday in a shooting that left one person dead and nine more wounded at a Halloween party in eastern Texas. Texarkana is located on the Texas-Arkansas border, about 180 miles (290 kilometers) east of Dallas.

Police said the suspected shooter, Keuntae McElroy, 21, of Texarkana, Arkansas, turned himself in late Sunday morning, and was booked on one count of felony aggravated assault. Additional charges are expected to be filed on Monday.

Around 200 people were at the party at an event center late Saturday when gunfire erupted. Police said that 10 people who were shot went to two hospitals for treatment, either by ambulance, police unit or private vehicle. A 20-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital. His name has not yet been released. Police said the injuries of the other nine didn’t appear to be life-threatening.