15-year-old boy shot in chest at Akron Juneteenth celebration
The boy was transported to Akron Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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The boy was transported to Akron Children’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the chest on Saturday afternoon in Akron, Ohio at Stoner Hawkins Park in during a Juneteenth celebration, according to Akron police.
The Akron Beacon Journal reports that the boy was transported to Akron Children's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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View on RumbleThe shooting occurred just after 4:30 pm at Orlando Avenue and Stoner Street. Upon arrival, responding officers located a teen with a gunshot wound in the chest, according to police.
The incident played out while community members convened for a parade to celebrate Akron's annual Juneteenth celebration. Kicking off at 1 pm on Copley Road in West Akron, the parade was scheduled to end at the park at 7 pm, according to the journal.
Police have not yet located a suspect.
Violence erupted in Democrat-run cities across the United States over the weekend during the nation's annual Juneteenth celebrations. One person was killed and at least 28 were injured in a shooting at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, near Chicago on Saturday. In San Diego, a shooting to the life of one, and left one injured.
In 2021, President Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act to "remember the moral strain" of slavery.
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