BPD: Shots fired outside west side Bloomington motel

Posted on November 24, 2018
Bloomington Police Department
Bloomington Police are investigating an early Saturday morning shooting outside the Econo Lodge on Brock Drive. No one was hurt..(WJBC file photo)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police said investigators have found bullet casings at the scene of a shooting that happened early Saturday morning outside a west side motel.

No one was wounded, and police have not made any arrests after a fight involving about 30 people in the parking lot of the Econo Lodge Motel at 401 Brock Dr.

Police said they were called about 2:30 a.m. after someone heard three shots.

Authorities are asking for the public’s help to solve the crime. Anyone with information is asked to call Bloomington Police or McLean County Crime Stoppers.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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