Five dead in mass shooting in East St. Louis

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Five people were killed in a “targeted mass shooting” against a family in southwestern Illinois, police said. Two more people were wounded, and two teenagers, ages 15 and 16, were in custody, police said. Most of the shootings occurred Sunday at three locations in East St. Louis, including a park. East St. Louis, population 17,500, is across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. It had 15 homicides in 2025, down from 34 in 2020, records show. “It’s terrible. It’s evil.…