Sheriff's deputy injured in altercation

A Monroe County sheriff’s deputy and a suspect were transported to the hospital after the Bloomington Police Department responded to a shot fired at the intersection of West Seventh and North Adams streets at about 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

“We received a report of a shot fired here in this general area.

Possibly there was a suspect being transported that was under arrest by a sheriff deputy,” BPD Lt. Bill Parker said. “At some point, the shot was fired, and the subject was at large.”

Six officers from the IU Police Department responded as well, and the K9 unit’s presence was requested, IUPD Chief Keith Cash said.

Cash said as far as he knows, no one was struck by gun fire.

Cody Headley, a manager at Bloomington Auto Color near Seventh and Adams, was working at the time of the incident. He said that while the deputy was arresting the suspect, the suspect began choking her.
 
A man mowing a lawn nearby intervened, Headley said, and he heard something that “sounded like a car hit something.” Headley said it could have been a gunshot.

The suspect then got away, fleeing on Seventh Street, Headley said.

“Officers from several agencies of the force came to the area and eventually did locate the suspect,” Parker said.

Cash said he was walking north toward Seventh and Adams when he heard screaming from behind a house. Cash said that when he arrived, the suspect was on the ground and handcuffed, and IUPD, BPD and sheriff’s officers ensured the suspect was secure.

The suspect said he had broken his leg, Cash said. This prompted Cash to request an ambulance, he said.

Parker said the exact nature of the injuries was unknown.

“He was transported to the hospital in custody,” Parker said. “The deputy was also transported.”

The conditions of the sheriff’s deputy are also unknown at this point, he said.

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office asked BPD to assume the investigation.

Detectives on the scene were investigating the deputy’s sports utility vehicle, in which the suspect was to be transported.

They recovered a semi-automatic weapon, although the make and other details were not available, Parker said.

At about 3:30 p.m., Parker and other officials began removing the crime scene tape.

He said the deputy and suspect were at IU Health-Bloomington Hospital receiving treatment as police interviewed witnesses at the station.