{"id":7613,"date":"2022-08-15T02:58:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T02:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/breaking-three-people-reportedly-shot-near-entrance-to-six-flags-great-america-sunday-evening-local-news\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T02:58:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T02:58:46","slug":"breaking-three-people-reportedly-shot-near-entrance-to-six-flags-great-america-sunday-evening-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=7613","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Three people reportedly shot near entrance to Six Flags Great America Sunday evening | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three people have been reported shot in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, prompting a heavy police response.<\/p>\n

Online reports said the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The amusement park, which closes at 8 p.m., has been evacuated<\/p>\n

Police units from multiple agencies responded to the initial report of a shooting with possible multiple victims near the entrance to the amusement park.<\/p>\n

Initial reports indicated the shootings occurred around the time the amusement park was closing for the day.<\/p>\n

This is a breaking story. Check back to this website for updates.<\/p>\n

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Raging Bull remains a favorite after more than 20 seasons at Six Flags Great America. The theme park opens on April 15 for the 2022 summer season.<\/p>\n

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Riders reach for the sky on Six Flags Great America’s vertical speed roller coaster. The theme park opens on April 15 for the 2022 summer season.<\/p>\n

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Riders fall head first on The Joker, one of the roller coasters at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.<\/p>\n

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The skyline of Great America is dominated by Raging Bull, the yellow roller coaster seen above. Raging Bull will join the theme park’s new Maxx Force roller coaster this summer.<\/p>\n

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Riders “fly” in Superman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America. The theme park in Gurnee, Illinois is open for its first regular season since 2019.<\/p>\n

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Great America’s Carousel has been at the theme park since it opened over 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

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A giant Santa figure greets and\/or scares visitors at Holiday in the Park in 2019. The event is now in its fourth year at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois.<\/p>\n

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Maxx Force, in the foreground, will be built near Raging Bull (back).<\/p>\n

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Maxx Force, a roller coaster opening this summer at Great America, features five high-speed inversions.<\/p>\n

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The Demon is a classic roller coaster at Six Flags Great America.<\/p>\n

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Three people have been reported shot in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, prompting a heavy police response. Online reports said the injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. The amusement park, which closes at 8 p.m., has been evacuated Police units from multiple agencies responded to the initial report of a shooting with possible multiple victims near the entrance to the amusement park. Initial reports indicated the shootings occurred around the time the amusement park was closing for the day. This is a breaking story. Check back to this website for updates. PHOTOS: Six… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}