2024 in Illinois
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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Illinois.
Incumbents
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[edit]Events
[edit]- January 21 – 2024 Joliet shootings: A man commits a spree shooting in three locations in Illinois killing eight people and injuring one other before committing suicide a day later after he was confronted by police.[1]
- February 27 – A tornado hits Palatine, and Inverness.[2]
- March 19 –
- The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Illinois.[3]
- The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Illinois.[3]
- March 27 – Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a stabbing spree in Rockford.[4]
- July 4th weekend – Across the extended July 4th weekend, 11 people were killed and 55 others injured in unrelated Chicago shootings.[5]
- July 6 – A Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson fatally shoots unarmed Sonya Massey at her home near Springfield. Grayson is fired and later charged with first-degree murder.[6]
- July 16 – Heavy rainfall across the Midwestern United States causes a dam failure in Washington County, Illinois, prompting an immediate evacuation order in the nearby city of Nashville.[7]
- August 20 – Several pro-Palestinian demonstrators are arrested after protestors clashed with police near the Israeli consulate in Chicago, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.[8]
- September 2 –Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Alonso, Joe Sutton, Melissa (January 23, 2024). "Suspect in killings of 8 people in Chicago area has died in Texas, police say". CNN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". apps.dat.noaa.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ a b "Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight". March 21, 2024.
- ^ "4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody". AP News. March 27, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "July Fourth violence nationwide kills at least 33, Chicago 'in state of grief,' mayor says". AP News. July 5, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Jiménez, Jesus (July 22, 2024). "Illinois State Police Releases Footage of Deputy Fatally Shooting Woman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
- ^ Alund, Natalie Neysa. "Residents evacuated in Nashville, Illinois after dam overtops and floods amid heavy rainfall". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ "Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC". AP News. August 20, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
- ^ Kaufman, Elyssa; Ramos, Andrew; Molina, Tara; Feurer, Todd; Rezaei, Asal (September 3, 2024). "4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.