16-year-old boy shot Monday night on Bloomington’s south side

Posted on November 21, 2023
Anyone with information should contact Detective Jordan Downing at 309-434-2587 or [email protected].(WJBC file photo)

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington police are probing a shooting Monday night that injured a 16-year-old boy on the city’s south side.

BPD was called around 11:29 p.m. to the 900 block of Wright Street, according to a news release. When officers arrived on the scene, they located the teenager with a gunshot wound to his leg. Patrol officers provided aid and applied a tourniquet to the injured appendage. Paramedics with the Bloomington Fire Department transported the person to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

No other details were released. Bloomington police said the circumstances behind the shooting are still under investigation.

Anyone with information should contact Detective Jordan Downing at 309-434-2587 or [email protected].

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

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