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New Years shooting in IL (Original Post)
Unladen Swallow
Jan 2
OP
Clouds Passing
(3,124 posts)1. Victims of violence
💚💚💚💚💚Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)3. 2025 is off to a classy start
Less than 48 hours in! What a nightmare.
Dennis Donovan
(28,028 posts)2. Information from the linked article:
KANKAKEE, Ill. (CBS) -- Two brothers were killed and five other people were wounded in a mass shooting at a New Year's Day house party early Wednesday in Kankakee.
Police said around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
Four gunshot victims were found at the scene, and were taken to local hospitals. Police said three other gunshot victims took themselves to local hospitals.
Two men were later pronounced dead at the hospital – 22-year-old Quaysean T. Isom, of Kankakee, and 20-year-old Trevontae Ellis, of Pembroke Township, according to the Kankakee County Coroner's office.
Kankakee Police Chief Christopher Kidwell said one of the surviving victims was in critical condition. The other four people's injuries were not life-threatening. The victims range in age from 20 to 33.
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Police said around 4:05 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunfire at 1845 Pierson Parkway, and when they arrived, they found several people running out of a New Year's party.
Four gunshot victims were found at the scene, and were taken to local hospitals. Police said three other gunshot victims took themselves to local hospitals.
Two men were later pronounced dead at the hospital – 22-year-old Quaysean T. Isom, of Kankakee, and 20-year-old Trevontae Ellis, of Pembroke Township, according to the Kankakee County Coroner's office.
Kankakee Police Chief Christopher Kidwell said one of the surviving victims was in critical condition. The other four people's injuries were not life-threatening. The victims range in age from 20 to 33.
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usonian
(15,109 posts)4. Guns versus young people.
Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)5. How many of those gun deaths
are suicides?
usonian
(15,109 posts)6. That would take more lookup. NT
Unladen Swallow
(491 posts)9. Worth knowing, methinks
usonian
(15,109 posts)10. Please research it.
i was flat out yesterday and am driving a lot today.
GreenWave
(9,631 posts)7. That town is mentioned in "City of New Orleans"
Connection?
John1956PA
(3,491 posts)8. "The train pulls out from Kankakee . . ."
Arlo Guthrie's recording of this Steve Goodman song is one of my all-time favorites. Shortly after I heard it in the autumn of 1972, I rushed to the store to buy the 45 rpm, which I still have.