BLOOMINGTON – On Wednesday, July 19, at approximately 3:15 a.m. a complainant contacted the Central Dispatch Center to report his 31-year-old daughter had been shot in the leg with a rifle by her ex-boyfriend.
The incident occurred between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, July 18th at the victim’s residence at Eagle Pointe.
Around 10:15 p.m., Tuesday the suspect drove the victim to a property on Old Clifty Road located in Bloomfield, while armed with a rifle and a handgun. Once there, the victim briefly lost consciousness due to the leg wound, waking up around 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday. The victim was then driven back to her residence in Monroe County by the suspect.
The victim arrived home around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, and after being there a short time, drove to her parents’ residence to seek help, which is when law enforcement was notified.
The female victim was transported to the hospital by ambulance for a non-life-threatening leg injury. It was discovered through the investigation that the suspect has a pending case of domestic violence with the female victim and that there was a no-contact order in place.
Detectives with the Sheriff’s Office requested deputies with the Greene County Sheriff’s Department check the address on Old Clifty Road, in an attempt to locate the suspect and secure the property pending a search warrant.
A deputy with the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office also responded to the address in order to assist Greene County.
Once deputies arrived at the property, they located the suspect’s vehicle with a tent set up next to it. Deputies were holding the perimeter when they saw the male suspect unzip and look out of the window of the tent.
Deputies identified themselves as being with the Sheriff’s Office, and a few seconds later a gunshot was heard coming from the tent. A Greene County deputy discharged his patrol rifle toward the tent.
Bloomington Police Department’s Critical Incident Response Team was contacted and requested to respond to the address. Once they arrived, they discovered the suspect was deceased inside the tent. The officer-involved shooting is being investigated by the Indiana State Police.
