One person wounded in east side shooting

Posted on December 2, 2019
Bloomington Police Department
A man was injured in a late Sunday night shooting on Bloomington’s east side. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police confirmed one person was wounded in a shooting that happened late Sunday night in a residential area on the city’s east side.

Police were called about 11 p.m. to Dianne Drive and Lisa Drive, near Clearwater Avenue and Airport Road. That’s where police said a man suffered at least one gunshot wound to the leg.

He apparently did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

Police said the man was taken to Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal.

There have been no arrests.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Bloomington Police at 309-820-8888 or McLean County Crime Stoppers at 309-828-1111.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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