2 killed, over a dozen wounded in Joliet Township Halloween party shooting
JOLIET TOWNSHIP, Ill. Two people were killed and “over a dozen” people were injured in a shooting at a Halloween party early Sunday morning, according to the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
Police said officers responded to 10 to 12 shots that were heard just before 6 p.m. 12:40 in the Jackson Street and Walnut Street area of Joliet Township. When a sergeant responded to the scene, about 100 people were seen fleeing eastward on Jackson Street.
Witnesses said the shooting took place in the backyard of a residence at 1018 East Jackson Street.
Officers spotted several people with gunshot wounds in the backyard and near other homes in the area.
Police said over a dozen people were injured by gunfire and transported to local hospitals. Two people died from their injuries and four other people were reported to have sustained life-threatening injuries.
Witnesses said there were two shooters at the incident and that there were about 200 people at the party.
- A shooter is described as a Latin American man of average height, wearing a red hoodie, black flat-beaked hat and dark trousers.
- The other shooter is described as a black or Hispanic man of average size wearing a yellow hoodie and a ski mask.
Police are asking anyone with information to contact Detective Danielle Strohm at 815-727-8574 extension 4930 or email dstrohm@willcosheriff.org. Anonymous tips can be reported here.
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