Category Archives: Police and Fire
BPD’s Wheeler sees no link between Twin Cities multiple murders
Bloomington Police Chief Clay Wheeler announces the arrest of a suspect in a shooting that killed two people and wounded two others June 10 on Orchard Road. (Howard Packowitz/WJBC) By Howard Pa...
Jun 27, 2018
Bloomington man arrested for alleged double homicide
Hammet Brown was taken into custody on Tuesday in Chicago. (Bloomington Police) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington man is charged with killing two people on the city’s east si...
Jun 26, 2018
BPD investigating reported Sunday shooting
Two witnesses reported hearing gun shots and seeing one man shoot at another man Sunday evening. (DavidsonScott/flickr)By Patrick BaronBLOOMINGTON – Bloomington Police are investigating a report...
Jun 26, 2018
Prosecutor Chambers: BPD investigation ‘very active’ into Riley Drive triple murder
McLean County State;’s Attorney Jason Chambers made his first public comments Wednesday about the shooting that killed three men and wounded a four-year old boy in Bloomington. (WJBC file photo)...
Jun 20, 2018
BPD searches for gunman who robbed Papa John’s Pizza
Bloomington Police are investigating an armed robbery that happened Tuesday night at Papa John’s Pizza on Veterans Parkway. (WJBC file photo) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Bloom...
Jun 19, 2018
Victim in Riley Drive triple murder was ‘trying to help’ when he heard gunshots
Juan Carlos Perez-Macedo was one of three men killed in a shooting Monday at an apartment complex on Riley Drive in Bloomington. (Photo from GoFundMe.com) By Howard PackowitzBLOOMINGTON ...
Jun 19, 2018
UPDATED: Child critically wounded in shooting that killed three men on Riley Drive
Bloomington Police were called to a report of multiple shots fired on Riley Drive. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene. A four year old boy was in critical condition. (Photo by WMBD-TV) &nb...
Jun 18, 2018
Three people killed in latest Twin-Cities shooting
Bloomington Police were called to a report of multiple shots fired on Riley Drive. Three people were pronounced dead at the scene. (Photo by WMBD-TV) By Howard Packowitz BLOOMINGTON – Thr...
Jun 18, 2018
Man charged for opioid-induced homicide in Bloomington
Troy McBride of Rantoul is the second person to be charged in McLean County with a drug-induced homicide.(Bloomington Police photo) By Howard Packowitz One of a dozen opioid-related deaths in M...
Jun 14, 2018
Coroner identifies victims in Orchard Street shooting
McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis has identified the two victims of a shooting that happened early Sunday morning in the 1200 block of Orchard Street in Bloomington. (DavidsonScott/flickr) By Patrick ...
Jun 11, 2018
