A single gunshot fired during a post-tailgate confrontation near Notre Dame’s South Bend, Indiana, campus injured a woman and a police officer Saturday night, authorities said.
The disturbance began at about 7:30 p.m. ET as crowds left the university’s tailgating areas and made their way toward Eddy Street Commons. South Bend authorities said Notre Dame police had reported a man with a gun allegedly pointing it at people. However, when South Bend officers located a person matching that description, he was not carrying a weapon.
“As approximately 20 South Bend Police Officers were working in Eddy Street Commons and responding to that call, a single gunshot was heard near Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard,” the South Bend Police Department said in a Facebook post.
Officers then found a woman suffering from a leg injury that was not considered life-threatening. A South Bend police officer was also hurt, apparently by a ricochet or shrapnel, according to police.
Eddy Street Commons near the Notre Dame campus was closed Saturday night as police investigated the shooting. (WSBT)
Both victims were taken to a nearby hospital and are expected to recover fully. Police said the officer was “doing fine,” while the woman was also reported to be “okay.”
Notre Dame officials said the suspected shooter ran west from the scene, NBC 5 Chicago reported. The suspect was still at large and was described by the local outlet as a heavyset Black man with dreadlocks. He was reportedly wearing blue shorts and a black shirt featuring a red and blue design—and was missing one shoe.
Police are searching for the gunman who wounded a woman and a police officer with one shot after officers responded to a fight at Eddy Street Commons in South Bend, Indiana. (WSBT)
Police quickly evacuated nearby businesses and parking garages after the shooting. The South Bend Police Department also closed the busy commercial district while detectives investigated, asking the public to stay away as officers secured the area.
News Outlet contacted the South Bend Police Department for additional information. A spokeswoman referred the outlet to the department’s Facebook statement and had no further comment.
The violence unfolded Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana, near the Notre Dame campus as a postgame tailgate crowd moved toward Eddy Street Commons. (WSBT)
A separate shooting later that night, about a mile away, killed at least two people and critically injured another. Police have not indicated that the two incidents were connected.
