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cities. >> according to gun violence archives, there have been more than 300 shootings so far this year. adrian broadad adrian broad dismass more. >> reporter: she was injured in a parking lot. at least one person was killed. bullets grazed peterson's shoulder and forehead. >> in the back seat hiding and they kept going across me, but i couldn't get any lower. i just heard it and i felt it. at least 30 rounds went through my car alone. >> reporter: the dupage county sheriff's office says deputies were on site to monitor the event. >> just a juneteenth party. i'm not sure who threw it. >> reporter: around 12:25 a.m., they got called to respond to a nearby fight and immediately returned when they heard
me, but i couldn't get any lower. do you know what i mean? i just heard it, and i felt it. at least 30 rounds went through my car, alone. >> the county sheriff's office says deputies were on site to monitor the event. >> it's just a juneteenth party, i'm not exactly sure who threw it. >> but around 12:25 am, they got called to respond to a nearby fight. and immediately returned when they heard gunfire. >> next thing you know, shots just kept going off. and everybody ran. it was chaos. >> investigators say multiple suspects fired multiple rounds into the parking lot crowd. >> [inaudible] we drop down, we dropped and they kept going. >> in st. louis, a 17-year-old man was killed and at least nine others hurt. it happened at a party held in an office building. >> it's every parents warts nightmare, tenfold. >> officers say multiple weapons were found at the scene, including an ar-style rifle.
i had stitches in my head. >> reporter: michielle peterson was injured in a parking lot party in illinois saturday night. at least one person was killed. bullets grazed peterson's shoulder and forehead. >> i was in the back seat hiding. they kept going across me. i couldn't get any lower. i heard it and felt it. at least 30 rounds went through my car. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says deputies were on site to monitor the event. >> it was just a juneteenth party. i'm not sure who threw it. >> reporter: around 12:25 a.m. they got called to respond to a nearby fight and immediately returned when they heard gunfire. >> next thing you know shots are going off and everybody ran and it was chaos. >> reporter: investigators say multiple suspects fired multiple rounds into the ground. >> just heard shooting. we dropped down. we dropped down until they
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There’s a lot to celebrate this weekend. The 2nd annual Lansing Pride festival, highlighting the city’s diverse LGBTQ+ population, runs Friday and Saturday; Father’s Day is Sunday; and Juneteenth, honoring the official end of slavery in the United States in 1865, is Monday. Whatever you’re celebrating, Greater Lansing offers plenty of fun events as well as game nights, 5K races, art displays, a comedy show and more.
The wealthy white woman who hosted a Kentucky Fried Chicken-serving “Juneteenth Party” in her home to mock Black people and Democratic politicians called
see some of the tension that's been coming with this holiday. you saw the tweet from different stores with juneteenth party packs and you saw the juneteenth flavor ice cream from walmart that they then had to pull off the shelves. there's a lot of frustration that you're hearing that some businesses, accusations that there are over commercializing this holiday. i want you to listen to a couple of professors told us about how businesses and corporations are trying to balance the celebration with trying to make some money. >> i think if more companies have more people and positions who can help inform those conversations, they would think of more nuanced and i would say better ways of recognizing the holiday. >> if you must profit as a company, to do so in a way that is not offensive, that is not perpetually syria types. and that really is awful. >> now what you are seeing, what's now being a federal holiday is more awareness. look at this gallup poll that was just released, 56% of