A 19-year-old woman was killed and seven other people were wounded in a shooting near Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington early Sunday, Nov. 1, according to Bloomington police, as reported by Atlanta Fox5.
Officers responding to the 100 block of East Division Street found multiple victims. Police said the teenager died at the scene, while paramedics took wounded people to local hospitals. Bloomington is about 135 miles south of Chicago.
Another woman was taken to a regional trauma center and was listed in critical condition. The six remaining victims had injuries police described as not life-threatening.
The McLean County Coroner’s Office had not publicly released the name of the woman who died, pending notification of her family. Police said the shooting appeared to be an isolated incident and that there was no ongoing threat to the public.