{"id":5369,"date":"2025-04-28T06:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5369"},"modified":"2025-04-28T06:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T06:04:11","slug":"police-hunt-suspect-after-shooting-at-illinois-state-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=5369","title":{"rendered":"Police hunt suspect after shooting at Illinois State University"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>llinois State University issued an emergency alert Sunday night after reports of shots fired at the Bone Student Center.<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed one victim, and authorities were searching for a suspect who fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The university later stated there was no shelter-in-place order for the campus, though the Bone Student Center remained closed as police cleared the area.<\/p>\n<p>The first alert, issued at 7:55 p.m., warned of a firearm discharge near campus, stating the suspect may be armed and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after, updates described the suspect as a slender Black male, approximately 5-foot-10 with an afro hairstyle, wearing all black.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was last seen running south from the Bone Student Center and University Street.<\/p>\n<p>Students and event attendees at the Bone recounted moments of panic as the shooting occurred during a large sorority event.<\/p>\n<p>Freshman Maya Serrano described the scene as chaotic, with attendees rushing for the exits, and some injuring themselves in the rush.<\/p>\n<p>Other students, including senior James Friedman, took shelter in nearby buildings, uncertain of the situation at first.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the second shooting in the area near University and Locust Streets within the past seven months.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2024, a fatal shooting occurred near the same location, with a Chicago man charged in that incident.<\/p>\n<p>Police are currently seeking information about Sunday\u2019s shooting and have asked anyone with details to contact ISU Police.<\/p>\n<p>This incident adds to a growing list of violent occurrences in Normal, Illinois, following two fatal shootings and several injuries in 2024.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>llinois State University issued an emergency alert Sunday night after reports of shots fired at the Bone Student Center. Police confirmed one victim, and authorities were searching for a suspect who fled the scene. The university later stated there was no shelter-in-place order for the campus, though the Bone Student Center remained closed as police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5369\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}