Several shootings occurred at Juneteenth celebrations. The Juneteenth holiday, officially established on the federal level Thursday, was celebrated on Saturday.
In North Carolina, an EMS worker was shot while working at a Juneteenth rally in Raleigh. The man was reportedly responding to a child who was in need of medical assistance, according to local news station WRAL.
The first responder was reportedly walking back to the ambulance after helping the person in need when shots rang out at the celebration, striking both the man and the ambulance…
In Flint, Michigan, state police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred during a Juneteenth parade, The Detroit News reported…
A celebration gave way to a “rowdy” crowd in Long Branch, New Jersey. Hundreds of people took to the streets in a Juneteenth celebration that cops subsequently disbanded, Patch reported. Police in full riot gear had to be dispatched to the area in order to quell the unrest…
Additionally, a shooting in Oakland, California, left at least one person dead and several others wounded, Fox News reported.
About 1,000 people were celebrating the Juneteenth holiday when the shooting occurred, bullets struck six victims between the ages of 16 and 27, the Oakland Police said in a statement. Read more…
