One man is dead and at least one more wounded after a dispute about admission to a party south of the Indiana University Bloomington campus, according to an early Sunday evening news release.
According to the news release from Bloomington police department (BPD), officers have arrested Isaiah Joseph Deleson Ramos, 21-year-old Linton, Indiana, man on a charge of murder.
The shooting took place around 2 a.m. on Sunday morning in the vicinity of Park and Hunter avenues. According to the BPD news release, when the officers who responded to the reports of gunshots, they found the victim, a 23-year-old Bloomington man, with a gunshot wound to his chest. The efforts of officers to save him were not successful.
Another victim, a 19-year-old Bloomington man, was taken to a local hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
According to the news release, police detectives were able to piece together what they believe happened, based on interviews with several witnesses. According to the news release, detectives think Ramos and two other men were trying to attend a party near Park and Hunter avenues.
The three men were not allowed to attend, according to the news release, because one of them had a gun visible in his waistband. When the three demanded entry to the party, a fight broke out that moved into a nearby alley.
At that point, witnesses told police, they saw a larger-build white male with facial hair, and wearing a pink shirt, take out a handgun and start firing it into the crowd, according to the news release.
Not long after that, a trooper with the Indiana State Police did a traffic stop on a vehicle with three passengers, one who matched the description of the shooter. The man matching the suspect description was then identified as Ramos.
A handgun was found inside the vehicle. All three occupants were detained and transported to the Bloomington Police Department for interviews, according to the news release.
According to the news release, the investigation is active and no further information is now available for release.
BPD is asking anyone with information about the shooting to call detective Rob Shrake at (812) 339-4477.