Police have not taken yet a suspect into custody following a shooting on Kirkwood Avenue early Saturday morning shooting that wounded at least nine people.
Anyone with information or video footage of the shooting is asked to contact detective Chris Scott at 812-339-4477.
According to an IU Notify Alert on Sunday morning, police responded to shots fired on Kirkwood Avenue, west of Dunn Street. No shots were fired on the IU campus, another notice said.
The notice encouraged people to stay safe, shelter, lock doors and avoid the area.
A “final update” from IU Notify Alert after 1:15 a.m. encouraged people to avoid Kirkwood Avenue while the Bloomington Police Department investigates, and IUPD remains on campus. The notification asked anyone with information to call 911.
At approximately 12:25 a.m., BPD officers stationed at Kirkwood Avenue heard “what they believed to be multiple gunshots” while monitoring a large crowd that had gathered in the street in the 400 block of East Kirkwood Avenue, according to a press release from after 2:55 a.m. Sunday. The crowd began scattering, according to the release.
Officers located multiple people who were wounded, but it is not currently known how many suffered direct gunshot wounds or were injured due to bullet fragments. At the time of the release, six injured were transported to local hospitals by ambulance, one was transported by a BPD squad car and two were taken by personal vehicles.
The Indiana University Police Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and Indiana State Police assisted at the scene of the shooting, according to the release. Remotely Piloted Aerial Vehicles were used to document the scene, and the Indiana State Police used a helicopter to assist in the investigation.
The release contains preliminary information that may change as the investigation continues.
This story may be updated with further information.
