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Didn't see any discussion about it. Obviously they've got some sort of metal detectors or at least scanning devices now to enter the park, but there's really no way in the parking lot. I wonder what kind of police presence they have. It also sounds like whoever was shot probably wasn't deliberately targeted. I've heard of cases where there was gang shootings where none of the targets were hit, but several bystanders were.
Brian Donda was on the phone with his son Charlie at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee when gunfire erupted in the parking lot Sunday evening.
“All of sudden they heard what sounded like fireworks go off. Then they went running,” Donda said. “They latched onto a family and followed them. They jumped over a fence and hid behind a hill. They were trying to find a way to find to get out of the park.”
Finally, they spotted firefighters who waved them to safety.
Police say three people were injured when people in a car opened fire in the Six Flags parking lot around 7:50 p.m. and then sped off.
“Based on the initial investigation, a white sedan entered the Six Flags parking lot and drove toward the front entrance of the park,” Gurnee police spokesperson Shawn Gaylor said in a statement.
“Suspects exited the vehicle and began shooting at another individual in the parking lot. The suspects got back in the white sedan and quickly left the area,” Gaylor said.
A 17-year-old boy from Aurora was shot in the upper leg and a 19-year-old woman from Appleton, Wisconsin, was shot in the lower leg. A third person, whose age was not released, suffered a shoulder injury and declined medical treatment.
Police said several agencies helped to clear out the park. Gaylor said it appeared to be a targeted incident. “This was not an active shooter incident inside the theme park,” Gaylor said.
