UPDATE: Pembroke shooting victim also a suspect; possible arson followed melee

Police are continuing to investigate the crimes in Pembroke — including multiple fights, a shooting and possible arson — that resulted in three people being injured Saturday nightat Martin Luther King Park during the two-day Pembroke Days festival.

The man whose headwas grazed by a bulletwhen two groups exchanged gunfire is also a shooting suspect, Kankakee County sheriff's police said Monday.

Police interviewed the manSaturday night, but he was uncooperative and has sincebeen airlifted to a Chicago-area hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, but his exact condition was unknown as of 2 p.m. Monday.

A second victim was taken to the hospital for an abdominal wound. Initially, the man was believed to have been shot, but witnesses suggest he may have been stabbed or hit by a car, police said. The man was taken to hospital and was also uncooperative during police interviews.

Four people were taken into custody and questioned by police, but no arrests have been made.

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Police: Sunday shooting in Kankakee may be related to Pembroke violence

A Sunday night shooting in Kankakee that left an 18-year-old injured may be related to the Saturday night violence in Pembroke.

Delnore Crayton Jr., of Chicago, was found in the 900 block of Chestnut Street with a gunshot wound to his leg at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, Kankakee police said. He would not cooperate with police and was taken to Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee.

No suspects have been identified, and police are continuing to investigate. They believe the incident may be related to the Saturday night shooting in Pembroke, which broke out during Pembroke's two-day annual festival, Pembroke Days.

Two vehicles damaged by gunfire were found near the scene of the Kankakee shooting.

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UPDATE: Pembroke shooting victim also a suspect; possible arson followed melee

Police are continuing to investigate the crimes in Pembroke — including multiple fights, a shooting and possible arson — that resulted in three people being injured Saturday nightat Martin Luther King Park during the two-day Pembroke Days festival.

The man whose headwas grazed by a bulletwhen two groups exchanged gunfire is also a shooting suspect, Kankakee County sheriff's police said Monday.

Police interviewed the manSaturday night, but he was uncooperative and has sincebeen airlifted to a Chicago-area hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, but his exact condition was unknown as of 2 p.m. Monday.

A second victim was taken to the hospital for an abdominal wound. Initially, the man was believed to have been shot, but witnesses suggest he may have been stabbed or hit by a car, police said. The man was taken to hospital and was also uncooperative during police interviews.

Four people were taken into custody and questioned by police, but no arrests have been made.

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UPDATE: Pembroke shooting victim also a suspect; possible arson followed melee

Police are continuing to investigate the crimes in Pembroke — including multiple fights, a shooting and possible arson — that resulted in three people being injured Saturday nightat Martin Luther King Park during the two-day Pembroke Days festival.

The man whose headwas grazed by a bulletwhen two groups exchanged gunfire is also a shooting suspect, Kankakee County sheriff's police said Monday.

Police interviewed the manSaturday night, but he was uncooperative and has sincebeen airlifted to a Chicago-area hospital. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, but his exact condition was unknown as of 2 p.m. Monday.

A second victim was taken to the hospital for an abdominal wound. Initially, the man was believed to have been shot, but witnesses suggest he may have been stabbed or hit by a car, police said. The man was taken to hospital and was also uncooperative during police interviews.

Four people were taken into custody and questioned by police, but no arrests have been made.

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