DuPage County officials say 20 people were shot, one fatally, during an early morning gathering in the parking lot of a strip mall in unincorporated Willowbrook.
Witnesses say a large gathering was going on when they ran for cover.
"We were all just out, and next thing you know, shots just got going off. Everybody ran, and it was chaos," said Craig Lottie. Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"As we were getting ready to go, we just started to hear shooting come from behind us. So we dropped down," said Marqeisha Avery, another witness.
One local hospital reported that they had initially received 12 patients that had been injured during the incident. Seven have been treated and released, while five remain hospitalized. Updates are still pending on other victims, and the DuPage County Sheriff's Office is investigating the shooting.
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