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The Los Angeles Dodgers host the San Diego Padres Thursday night, but hours before fans began arriving, federal immigration agents tried to enter the parking lot to use as a staging area.

The first wave of vehicles arrived shortly after 10 a.m. local time. Shortly after, protestors arrived at Gate E, chanting at the officers, and preventing their entry. LAPD officers eventually arrived as well, and escorted the federal agents out of Dodger Stadium entirely.

The Los Angeles Dodgers confirmed as much with a statement on social media, claiming it was "ICE agents" who tried to access the parking lots.

The standoff between the protestors and law enforcement lasted multiple hours, and tons of footage was captured by the protestors.

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Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

Canceled federal grants and businesses moving away from so-called brand activism have hit the bottom line of parades and other events heading into Thursday’s federal holiday, which celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. The shrinking financial support coincides with many companies severing ties with LGBTQ celebrations for Pride this year and President Donald Trump’s efforts to squash DEI programs throughout the federal government.

In Denver, for example, more than a dozen companies backed out of supporting the Juneteenth Music Festival, which is one of the city’s biggest celebrations of the holiday, according to Norman Harris, executive director of JMF Corporation, which puts on the event.

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Three people were killed, including an 8-month-old infant, in a shooting that occurred Sunday, June 15 after an altercation broke out between two groups of people at a festival in Utah, police say.

Five people were hit by gunshots, of which three were fatal, during the WestFest at Centennial Park in West Valley City, a city of about 145,000 people located 12 miles from Salt Lake City. WestFest is an annual four-day festival celebrating the city, according to the festival's website. This year the event ran from June 12 to 15, and featured a carnival, a parade, a talent showcase, rides and fireworks.

Those who died in the shooting include an 18-year-old male, who was part of one of the groups, and a 41-year-old female and an 8-month-old infant, who were bystanders, West Valley City police said in updates posted to X, formerly Twitter.

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A demonstrator who was shot on Saturday during Salt Lake City’s “No Kings” protest has died, Utah police said on Sunday afternoon.

The man, Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, had apparently been shot by a man who had been part of the event’s peacekeeping team.

“Our victim was not the intended target,” Brian Redd, the Salt Lake City police chief, said, “but rather an innocent bystander participating in the demonstration.”

Arturo Gamboa, 24, was taken into police custody on Saturday evening on a murder charge, said Redd at a Sunday news conference. Ah Loo, who had been taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, where he died from his wounds.

Redd said a man in a brightly colored vest fired three shots from a handgun at Gamboa, inflicting a relatively minor injury to Gamboa but fatally shooting Ah Loo.

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Vance Boelter, who is wanted for shooting two Minnesota lawmakers at their homes early Saturday morning while allegedly dressed like a police officer, was captured by police Sunday after a lengthy manhunt, according to multiplereports.

Boelter was apprehended near his home in Green Isle, Minnesota, KSTP-TV reports.

State Rep. Melissa Hortman (D) and her husband, Mark, were fatally shot in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Saturday. Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman (D) and his wife, Yvette, were also shot multiple times at their home, which is around five miles from the Hortmans’ residence.

The suspect approached both homes while wearing a mask and dressed as a law enforcement officer. When he was approached outside of Hortman’s house by law enforcement, he immediately shot at the officers and went back into the home. Officials said they believe he fled on foot through the back of the home.

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At least six people were injured after a car plowed into a crowd near SoFi Stadium south of Los Angeles, according to local reports.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed that six people were injured after being hit by a vehicle after a crowd of people were leaving the stadium, located in Inglewood, California, local news outlets KTLA5 and ABC 7 Eyewitness News reported.

The crash was reported at 10:23 p.m. local time, and the six victims were transported to the hospital with minor injuries before 11 p.m., according to KTLA5.

USA TODAY has reached out to the Los Angeles County Fire Department for more information.

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