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 committing 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 4th weekend – Across the extended July 4th weekend, 11 people were killed and 55 others injured in unrelated Chicago shootings. ^[5]
• July 6 – 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. ^[6]
• 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. ^[7]
• 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. ^[8]
• September 2 –Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park. ^[9]

See also

• 2024 in the United States

References

1. Alonso, Joe Sutton, Melissa (January 23, 2024). "Suspect in killings of 8 people in Chicago area has died in Texas, police say". CNN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
2. "ArcGIS Web Application". apps.dat.noaa.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
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. March 27, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
5. "July Fourth violence nationwide kills at least 33, Chicago 'in state of grief,' mayor says". AP News. July 5, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
6. Jiménez, Jesus (July 22, 2024). "Illinois State Police Releases Footage of Deputy Fatally Shooting Woman". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 22, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
7. Alund, Natalie Neysa. "Residents evacuated in Nashville, Illinois after dam overtops and floods amid heavy rainfall". USA TODAY. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
8. "Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago's Israeli consulate on second night of DNC". AP News. August 20, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
9. Kaufman, Elyssa; Ramos, Andrew; Molina, Tara; Feurer, Todd; Rezaei, Asal (September 3, 2024). "4 people shot and killed on Chicago-area Blue Line train, suspect in custody - CBS Chicago". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved September 30, 2024.