An attempted murder suspect was arrested Friday night by Bloomington police, working with Monore sheriff’s deputies and Indiana state police, after a 55-year-old Bloomington man was shot several times on the city’s west side, south of 3rd Street on South Curry Pike.
That’s according to a news release issued by Bloomington police around 4 p.m. on Saturday.
A 35-year-old Michigan City man, Devance Gayles, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, among other crimes, along with a 19-year-old Bloomington woman, Annabella Winter, who was charged with resisting law enforcement and other crimes.
According to the news release, hospital personnel told the police that the gunshot victim was expected to survive, but needed emergency surgery. The victim’s current condition is unknown, according to the release.
The call about someone getting shot came in around 10:55 p.m. on Friday (April 19, 2024), according to the release. Officers headed to an apartment in the 100 block of South Curry Pike, near Highland Village Church and a Kroger store.
Police were told some suspects had run from the apartment southward. Around 11 p.m., a few minutes after the call came in, a BPD officer saw two people walking along a tree line between the Highland Village Church and the Kroger parking lot.
When the officer approached them, they started running and crossed over to the Kroger parking lot. The woman was quickly taken into custody, but the man was arrested only after a foot chase to an area behind the Kroger store.
According to the news release, the man tried to hide in a small patch of woods, but was located shortly after that and taken into custody without further incident, according to the release.
When officers checked the nearby wooded area where the pair had first been seen, they found a handgun wrapped in a sweatshirt.
The news release notes that coordination between law enforcement agencies had led to the arrest of suspects in under 10 minutes after the 911 call came in. The gun believed to be involved in the crime was found within 45 minutes of the first call.
“… after a 55-year old Bloomington was shot several times …”.
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