Video shows the moments that led up to the closure of a suburban community pool over the Fourth of July holiday weekend in a scene park district officials called “upsetting.”
In the footage, a large crowd can be seen surrounding the Glen Ellyn Park District’s Sunset Pool Saturday, with officials estimating between 200 and 300 people entering the facility.
Police were called around 5 p.m. for what they said was a growing crowd of teenagers and young people at the pool along Fairview Avenue near Main Street. Some of those in attendance were seen entering without paying, smoking cannabis and consuming alcohol in violation of park district ordinances, police said…