EVANSVILLE – One person was killed and another was injured in an obvious shooting close to the Dogtown boat ramp in rural Vanderburgh County late Monday afternoon.
Neither of the victims have been publicly recognized. The incident was reported to emergency dispatchers at 4:43 p.m.
Simply after 7 p.m., Vanderburgh County Sheriff Noah Robinson instructed the Courier & Press {that a} “person of curiosity” was in custody and receiving therapy for an obvious self-inflicted gunshot wound. A minimum of two different individuals had been taken to sheriff’s headquarters for questioning, in response to Robinson. Earlier, Robinson mentioned legislation enforcement had pinpointed a suspect’s location on Evansville’s East Aspect.
Robinson mentioned deputies discovered a deceased person inside a house in the 5100 block of Cypress Dale Street in the Union Township river bottoms of southwestern Vanderburgh County. First responders took another sufferer − who was alive however had sustained a gunshot to the face − to the hospital, Robinson mentioned.
Robinson, who mentioned he is aware of “restricted” details about the circumstances surrounding the shooting, mentioned no different places have been thought of a part of the investigation as of Monday night.
The sheriff’s workplace will maintain a information convention at 11 a.m. Tuesday to supply further info gathered in the course of the investigation, Robinson mentioned.
It is a growing story and can be up to date.
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