By Howard Packowitz
BLOOMINGTON – A shooting in a usually quiet neighborhood in northwest Bloomington killed a man Tuesday night.
The shooting happened in the 1300 block of North Oak Street. The McLean County Coroner’s office has yet to release the identity of the murder victim.
A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said she heard three shots about 8:40 p.m.
“I opened the door and I heard a lady crying, yelling, and then I told my husband that I’m going over there and try to help,” she said.
The neighbor found a man on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound to the chest.
“I was holding pressure to the wound, and a cop initiated CPR,” she said.
“Then paramedics came and put the (automated external defibrillator) on him,” she added.
She went on to say that “the adrenaline was just going. I was shaking and all that. It was crazy.”
The man was taken to Advocate BroMenn Medical Center where he died.
There have been no arrests.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact Bloomington Police Detective John Engle at 309-434-2371, Detective Paul Jones at 309-434-2548, or BPD’s main line at 309-820-8888.
People wishing to remain anonymous can phone in tips to McLean County Crime Stoppers at 309-828-1111. Crime Stoppers offers rewards of up to $1,000 for information leading to arrests and indictments.
Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]
