UPDATE: At least 4 detained in Pembroke shootings but no charges yet

At least four people have been detained for questioning by police following Saturday night's shootings in Pembroke, but no charges have been filed as of 10 a.m. Monday morning.

Pembroke Days at Martin Luther King Park turned violent about 7:30 p.m, and two people were shot after a several fights broke out during the annual festival in Pembroke Township.  

Both gunshot victims were taken to the hospital, one with a graze wound to the head, Kankakee County sheriff's police said. The other victim was believed to have been shot in the abdomen. The injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.

A third person, a woman, also suffered some sort of health problem during the fracas. It initially was believed she was hit by a car traveling at a slow speed, but it was later thought she may have fainted.

Multiple police agencies from across the county assisted breaking up the fights.

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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: Employee injured in Kankakee tanker explosion airlifted to Chicago

A tanker explosion and subsequent fire Thursday at the Eastgate Industrial Park in Kankakee has left one employee hospitalized and caused major damage to the Turn-Key Environmental waste haulers building.

Fire officials would not release the name of the injured man but said he was airlifted to a hospital in Chicago after first being transported to Riverside Medical Center in Kankakee. Employees at the scene said none of the company's other eight staff members were in the immediate vicinity of the explosion.

"We haven't determined the cause of the explosion, and we can't offer an estimate of the damage yet," Kankakee Fire Captain Damon Schudt said. "The incident is still under investigation."

The explosion that blew a hole in the roof of the metal garage structure at about 2 p.m. was loud enough to be heard three miles away in Aroma Park. The business — located just off Illinois Route 17, east of the Interstate 57 interchange — has only been at this location since February, said workers who were watching the blaze.

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