2 hospitalized after shooting in parking lot at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee

CHICAGO (CBS) — Two folks had been hospitalized Sunday following a capturing within the entrance entrance car parking zone at Six Flags Nice America in Gurnee.

The capturing occurred round 7:50 p.m. because the park was closing. A number of ambulances had been known as to the scene.   

The pictures got here from a single car within the car parking zone that instantly drove away, in keeping with a press release from Six Flags. 

Two folks had been taken to the hospital for analysis and a 3rd particular person refused therapy. 

Video circulating on social media reveals parkgoers crouched down and hiding the place that they had been in line. 

Witnesses say they noticed different parkgoers operating after pictures had been fired. 

“I assumed there have been fireworks straight away. Then we noticed tons of of individuals operating,” mentioned Charlie Donda. “”It was fairly scary however we’re secure.”

Charlie was along with his mates and ran to the water park to cover. His father, Brian Donda, mentioned his son did the correct factor.

“They did the correct factor and knew what to do. They’re house smiling and secure,” he mentioned. 

Nicole Ellsworth was additionally within the park together with her daughter and says the scene was chaotic with folks operating all over the place. 

“Individuals had been on the lookout for their children and crying. Officers ran in with weapons drawn,” she mentioned. 

She says it was unclear instantly after the capturing if it occurred inside or exterior of the park. 

CBS 2’s Sabrina Franza spoke with a witness who helped moms with their strollers contained in the park. 

“It was folks operating previous saying that they had been capturing, so I suppose they had been operating from the entrance to the again. And had been simply all began operating.” mentioned Michelle Smith. “Individuals had been falling, I am making an attempt to assist folks and their children.”

Worker Jeffery Cowell helped disguise a number of the guests after listening to over the radio to shut their buildings and ensure staff members and visitor had been secure. 

“Children crying for his or her mother, mother crying for his or her children. It was an expertise that I do not need to occur once more,” he mentioned.   

Police tape surrounds 4 autos that remained within the car parking zone. 

Six Flags is an amusement park positioned at 1 Nice America Parkway in Gurnee.

Guests of the park bear thorough screenings together with bag checks and strolling by way of metallic detectors earlier than getting into the park. 

In a press release from Six Flags:

“Six Flags dedicates our biggest period of time, expertise and sources to security and safety.

Layers of preventative measures each inside and outdoors the park are in place for the safety of visitors and staff members. We proceed to overview and improve our protocol every day to make sure we’re offering the best degree of security.

Cameras positioned within the car parking zone and contained in the park, uniformed and plain garments patrols all through the property, and superior screening expertise enable us to react shortly and supply vital data. The park safety staff is joined by the Gurnee Police Division, who operates a substation on the park.

This night, we’re extremely grateful to our staff members who reacted in an expert method to care for our visitors, and for the Gurnee Police Division for his or her on-going presence and dedication to Six Flags Nice America.”

That is the second capturing in a public place the place households collect following the Highland Park parade mass capturing final month. 

Nobody is in custody. The investigation is ongoing.