2023 Gorge Amphitheatre shooting: Difference between revisions

{{Notability|1=Events|date=June 2023}}

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{{Short description|Mass shooting in George, Washington, United States}}

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{{Infobox civilian attack

| title = 2023 Gorge Amphitheatre shooting

| partof = [[mass shootings in the United States]]

| location = [[The Gorge Amphitheatre|Gorge Amphitheatre]]<br>near [[George, Washington|George]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States

| date = {{start date|June 17, 2023}}

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| time = 8:20 p.m.

| timezone = [[Pacific Time Zone|PDT]]

| target = Random people

| type = [[Mass shooting]]

| weapons = [[Firearm]]

| fatalities = 2

| injuries = 4 (including the suspect)

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On June 17, 2023, during the [[Beyond Wonderland]] music festival, a [[mass shooting]] occurred at the [[The Gorge Amphitheatre|Gorge Amphitheatre]] campground, near [[George, Washington|George]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]], United States.<ref name="ABC">{{Cite news |last=Shalvey |first=Kevin |date=June 18, 2023 |title=2 dead, suspect detained in shooting at Gorge Amphitheatre campground, sheriff says |language=en |work=ABC News |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/suspect-detained-shooting-gorge-amphitheater-sheriff/story?id=100172563 |access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref> The shooter killed two people and wounded two others. In addition, a third person, a security guard, was bruised by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gorge shooting suspect allegedly had mushroom hallucination prior to deadly shooting, court docs say |url=https://www.king5.com/amp/article/news/local/gorge-shooting-suspect-charged/281-6d180301-9f0c-4aab-9413-207ea2d1dcb8 |website=KING 5 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |date=June 22, 2023 |quote=A private security officer responding to the report was struck by a bullet that deflected off her eyeglasses, according to the sheriff.}}</ref> A suspect, 26-year-old [[U.S. Army]] personnel and [[Strongsville, Ohio]] native James M. Kelly,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-20 |title=UPDATED: Gorge victims, alleged shooter identified |url=https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2023/jun/20/gorge-victims-alleged-shooter-identified/ |access-date=2023-06-21 |website=Columbia Basin Herald |language=en}}</ref> was shot by police and arrested.<ref name="CNN">{{Cite news |last=Levenson |first=Eric |last2=Alonso |first2=Melissa |date=June 18, 2023 |title=2 people killed in mass shooting near Washington's Gorge Amphitheatre during Beyond Wonderland music festival |language=en |work=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/18/us/gorge-campgrounds-shooting/index.html |access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harris |first=Jeremy |date=June 18, 2023 |title=2 killed, 2 injured by active shooter who shot at crowd at Gorge Amphitheater |language=en |work=KOMO |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/2-killed-3-injured-by-active-shooter-who-fired-at-concert-crowd-at-the-gorge-amphitheater-sheriff-says |access-date=June 18, 2023}}</ref> The two fatalities were a female couple from [[Southern California]]. The suspect was allegedly on [[psychedelic mushrooms]] during the shooting.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Joel Moreno, KOMO News |date=2023-06-21 |title=JBLM soldier accused of Gorge campground shooting was high on mushrooms, prosecutors say |url=https://komonews.com/news/local/gorge-amphitheater-campgrounds-shooting-deadly-edm-beyond-wonderland-james-kelly-mushrooms-high-hallucinogenic-drugs-concert-festival-jblm-tacoma-washington-joint-base-lewis-mcchord-pierce-county |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=KOMO |language=en}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[List of mass shootings in the United States in 2023]]

*[[2023 DuPage County shooting]], which happened several hours later

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