Overnight shooting in downtown Bloomington injures seven, police say

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Seven people injured in overnight shooting in downtown Bloomington

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police in Bloomington are investigating an overnight shooting in the 400 block of East Kirkwood Avenue that injured seven people.

At about 1:30 a.m., officers with the Bloomington Police Department and Indiana University Police Department were monitoring a large crowd near Kirkwood Avenue and Dunn Street when they heard several gunshots.

Crime tape, bandages, and wrappers are found scattered on East Kirkwood Avenue Sunday morning after a shooting in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Marguerite Incardone WISH-TV/WRTV)

At the scene, officers say they saw a man carrying a gun running northeast from the area and chased him. Officers took him into custody east of Indiana Avenue near Dunn Meadow and found a gun nearby. Police have not determined whether the man fired any shots.

Officers found multiple people with wounds believed to have been caused by gunfire in downtown Bloomington. They also found shell casings of various calibers on the sidewalk near 420 East Kirkwood Avenue.

Ambulances took seven people to area hospitals. Police do not know whether anyone else was wounded. No deaths have been reported.

Police say preliminary information determined that a disturbance broke out in a large crowd on Kirkwood Avenue shortly before the shooting.

A bloody gauze and bandage wrapper can be seen in the background on East Kirkwood Avenue in Bloomington, Ind. (Photo by Marguerite Incardone WISH-TV/WRTV)
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