2024 in Illinois

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The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Illinois.

Incumbents

State government

• Governor: J. B. Pritzker (D)

Events

• January 21 – 2024 Joliet shootings: A man commits a spree shooting in three locations in Illinois killing eight people and injuring one other before commiting suicide a day later after he was confronted by police.[1]
• February 27 – A tornado hits Palatine, and Inverness.[2]
• March 19 –
  • The Democratic Party holds presidential nominating contests in Illinois.[3]
  • The Republican Party holds presidential nominating contests in Illinois.[3]

• March 27 – Four people are killed and seven others are injured during a stabbing spree in Rockford.[4]
• July 4 – Fourth of July shootings: Thirty-three people are killed in mass shootings at Fourth of July celebrations, with 11 people killed and 55 others injured in Chicago.[5]
• July 16 – 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.[6]
• August 20 – 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.[7]
• September 2 –Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park.[8]

See also

• 2024 in the United States

References

1. Alonso, Joe Sutton, Melissa (2024-01-23). "Suspect in killings of 8 people in Chicago area has died in Texas, police say". CNN. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
2. "ArcGIS Web Application". apps.dat.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
3. "Biden and Trump notch more wins Tuesday as primary voters urge them to keep up the fight". March 21, 2024.
4. "4 people killed and 7 wounded in stabbings in northern Illinois, with a suspect in custody". AP News. 2024-03-27. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
5. "July Fourth violence nationwide kills at least 33, Chicago 'in state of grief,' mayor says". AP News. 2024-07-05. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
6. Alund, Natalie Neysa. "Residents evacuated in Nashville, Illinois after dam overtops and floods amid heavy rainfall". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
7. "Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC". AP News. 2024-08-20. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
8. Kaufman, Elyssa; Ramos, Andrew; Molina, Tara; Feurer, Todd; Rezaei, Asal (2024-09-03). "4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2024-09-30.