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Suspect arrested in westside murder near encampment, Bloomington police still investigating

A 42-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with the death of a man near a westside homeless encampment in a wooded area, according to a news release issued Saturday morning (Dec. 9, 2023) by the Bloomington police department (BPD).

According to the release, after interviewing several witnesses on Thursday and Friday (Dec. 7 and Dec. 8), Craig A. Pearson was identified as a suspect, located, and arrested on a murder charge. Continue reading “Suspect arrested in westside murder near encampment, Bloomington police still investigating” →

One dead in Bloomington shootings outside party, police arrest murder suspect

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. Continue reading “One dead in Bloomington shootings outside party, police arrest murder suspect” →

Press release: BPD investigates Wednesday night shooting as homicide

City of Bloomington police detectives are trying to locate possible witnesses to a late Wednesday night shooting that left a 28-year-old man lying in a pool of blood in the parking lot of an apartment complex on the south side of town, according to a press release.

According to the BPD press release, at about 11:25 p.m. on Wednesday (July 22), officers responded to an apartment complex in the 3200 block of S. Walnut Springs Drive. They had received a call about a man shot in a parking lot. Continue reading “Press release: BPD investigates Wednesday night shooting as homicide” →

Bloomington Police: Murder suspect arrested

According to a press release issued by Bloomington’s police department, a suspect has been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a stabbing death in the south part of the city.

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The red circle indicates the general neighborhood where the victim’s body was discovered.

The press release notes that criminal charges are just accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.

Arrested and charged was John F. Bryant, 59, of Bloomington, according to the press release.

The release describes how an investigation began on Saturday, May 16, into a missing person report. The report came from a 20-year-old man who said he had not heard from his mother since the first week of May.
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