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2024 in Illinois
The following is a list of events of the year
2024 in
Illinois
.
Incumbents
State government
Governor
:
J. B. Pritzker
(
D
)
Events
January 21 âÂÂ
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.
February 27 â A tornado hits
Palatine
, and
Inverness
.
March 19 âÂÂ
The
Democratic Party
holds presidential nominating contests in
Illinois
.
The
Republican Party
holds presidential nominating contests in
Illinois
.
March 27 â Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a
stabbing spree
in
Rockford
.
May 4 â Police arrest 68 protesters who attempt to set up a pro-Palestinian encampment outside the
Art Institute of Chicago
.
July 4th weekend â Across the extended July 4th weekend, 11 people are killed and 55 others injured in unrelated
Chicago
shootings.
July 6 â 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.
July 16 â 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
.
August 20 â 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
.
September 2 âÂÂFour people are killed in a
mass shooting
targeting
homeless
people on a
Chicago Transit Authority
train
in
Forest Park
.
See also
2024 in the United States
References