Updated
Updated · Indiana Daily Student · Nov 1
Six of 7 Kirkwood Shooting Victims Leave Hospital as FBI, ATF Join Probe
Updated
Updated · Indiana Daily Student · Nov 1

Six of 7 Kirkwood Shooting Victims Leave Hospital as FBI, ATF Join Probe

3 articles · Updated · Indiana Daily Student · Nov 1

Summary

  • Six of the seven people wounded in the early Sunday shooting on Bloomington’s Kirkwood Avenue had been released by Monday morning; a 27-year-old man remained hospitalized in stable condition.
  • Bloomington police said the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are now helping process seized firearms and shell casings and seek statements from potential witnesses.
  • Police have said the shooting followed a disturbance in a large crowd around 1:30 a.m., and investigators recovered shell casings from two different gun calibers.
  • An 18-year-old Indianapolis man was detained after running from the scene with a firearm, but police say it remains unclear whether he fired during the shooting and no suspect has been identified.

Insights

With police already monitoring the crowd, how did a downtown Bloomington disturbance escalate into a mass shooting leaving seven injured?
Why was an 18-year-old with pending weapons charges able to bring a handgun into a heavily policed Halloween celebration?