One dead and 20 wounded in the Illinois shooting

According to the report of Fars News Agency, according to the police, at least 20 people were injured and one person died during the blind night shooting during the “Juntinette” celebration (a national holiday on the occasion of the abolition of slavery) in Willowbrook, Illinois, USA.

DuPage County Sheriff’s Deputy Eric Swanson told reporters on Sunday that some of the injured were taken to the hospital by ambulance, while others went to the hospital on their own.

According to CNN, citing a local official, the condition of two of the injured is critical. He added that at least 12 ambulances attended the scene of the accident to treat the injured.

Witnesses said the shooting happened around 12:30 a.m. Sunday in a parking lot in Willowbrook, about 21 miles west of Chicago. Swanson said the motive for the shooting is unclear and the investigation is still ongoing.

The news of this shooting has been published while hours before that the American media reported that during the shooting incident on Saturday night at a music festival in Washington, at least two people lost their lives and three others were injured.

The freedom to buy, sell and carry firearms in America kills several people every week in this country. Gun violence statistics in the United States show that the rate of violent shootings in this country is higher than any other country in the world.

The latest statistics show that although the United States constitutes about five percent of the world’s population, nearly 31 percent of the perpetrators of mass murders with weapons in the world belong to this country.

The latest statistics of the “Archive of Armed Violence” in the United States showed that 14,600 people died from armed violence in the United States from the beginning of 2023 to May 6 (May 16). Among these victims, 521 were teenagers and 93 were children.

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