One hospitalized after shooting near Dave’s Hot Chicken on Kirkwood Avenue

Staff report

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — September 6, 2026

Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured early Sunday near Dave’s Hot Chicken on Kirkwood Avenue in downtown Bloomington.

The shooting was reported at approximately 1:08 a.m. Sept. 6, 2026, according to police scanner dispatches. The injured person was taken to a hospital. Their condition was not immediately available.

The Bloomingtonian went to the scene and found police had cordoned off a block of Kirkwood Avenue with yellow crime-scene tape while officers investigated.

Small pools of blood remained visible near a parking meter on the sidewalk outside the Kirkwood Avenue side of the Monroe County Public Library.

Additional information about the circumstances of the shooting was not immediately available.

Sunday’s victim is at least the third person shot on Kirkwood Avenue since April, when two people were wounded during a street takeover held amid Little 500 weekend festivities.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated as more information becomes available.

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