Six people were killed and dozens were left injured after multiple mass shootings broke out across the country over the holiday weekend.
The string of mass shootings over the weekend follows an increase of of firearm homicides that spiked during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
While most of the shootings had less than four deaths, which is the threshold of deaths used to define a mass shooting, many of the shootings left large numbers of people injured.
A shooting in suburban Chicago left one person dead and 22 people injured after gunfire broke out early Sunday morning. The shooting took place in a parking lot in Willowbrook, Ill., where hundreds of people had gathered for a Juneteenth celebration.
The Daily Herald reported that authorities were still interviewing "persons of interest," according to DuPage Country Sherriff spokesperson Robert Carroll. The new outlet also reported that authorities are "unclear" of what the motive behind the shooting was.
"The President and First Lady are thinking of those killed and injured in the shooting in Illinois last night. We have reached out to offer assistance to state and local leaders in the wake of this tragedy at a community Juneteenth celebration," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
In Washington state, two people were killed and three people were injured after police said a shooter opened fire into a crowd Saturday in a campground where people were staying for a music festival. People were staying a few hundred feet from the Gorge Amphitheater, which is located near the city of George.
Authorities said the families of the victims have all been notified, and the identities of the victims will be released in the coming days. Beyond Wonderland, the music festival that was taking place that weekend, announced after the shooting that Sunday's music festival was cancelled due to the incident.
A Pennslyvannia state trooper was killed and a second was criticaly injured after a gunman opened fire on state police barracks in central Pennslyvannia on Saturday morning. Trooper Jacques Rougeau Jr., 29, was shot and killed by the shooter while in his patrol car, and Lt. James Wagner, 45, was critically injured.
Authorities said that the suspect was also shot and killed after an encounter with the state police.
"This is a tragedy for the Pennsylvania State Police," Colonel Christopher Paris, commissioner of the Pennslyvania State Police, said in a statement. "We ask for your continued prayers, for not only our Troopers but also their families."
A separate shooting in St. Louis early Sunday morning also killed 17-year-old Makao Moore and injured nine other teenagers iwhen gunfire broke out during a party in an office space, the Associated Press reported.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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