Authorities in Illinois have been looking Sunday for 2 suspects who’re believed to have opened hearth on a Halloween get together, killing two folks and injuring greater than a dozen.
The taking pictures occurred early Sunday morning at a home get together in Joliet, southwest of Chicago, at an occasion attended by an estimated 200 folks, the Will County Sheriff’s Workplace stated in a press release.
Gunfire erupted close to a DJ sales space within the yard, the sheriff’s workplace stated.
Citing witnesses, the sheriff’s workplace stated one of many males — described as a Hispanic male sporting a purple hoodie — fired from an elevated porch overlooking the group.
The second shooter was described as a light-skinned man sporting a ski masks and yellow hoodie.
Two folks have been pronounced lifeless on the scene. Neither have been recognized. 4 others have been taken to native hospitals, the assertion stated.
Extra particulars in regards to the incident weren’t instantly accessible.
The gunmen opened hearth lower than an hour after a separate taking pictures at a Halloween get together in East Texas left one particular person lifeless and 9 injured. A suspect has not been recognized in that incident both.
The shootings got here amid what specialists have referred to as an “unprecedented” surge in murders in the US. In line with FBI information launched final month, the class of violent crime rose by 30 p.c final yr — though the nation’s murder charge continues to be decrease than it was throughout many of the Nineteen Nineties.
Rapes, aggravated assaults and different violent crimes rose by 5 p.c throughout the identical interval, the information present.
Consultants aren’t positive what’s behind the surge in crime, although some have pointed to the pandemic and gun possession as potential explanations.
Deon J. Hampton contributed.
