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 tailgating crowds left the university area and moved toward Eddy Street Commons. South Bend authorities said Notre Dame police reported seeing an armed man allegedly pointing a gun 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 discovered a woman who had suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to her leg. A South Bend police officer was also hurt, apparently by a ricochet or shrapnel, according to the department.
Authorities closed Eddy Street Commons near the Notre Dame campus 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 report 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.
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Police continued searching for the shooter who injured a woman and a police officer with a single gunshot 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 closed the busy commercial district while investigators worked, and urged people to stay away as a large law enforcement presence secured the area.
News Media contacted the South Bend Police Department for additional information, but a spokeswoman referred to the department’s Facebook statement and said she had nothing further to add.
The violence broke out Saturday night in South Bend, Indiana, near the Notre Dame campus after a postgame tailgate crowd gathered at Eddy Street Commons. (WSBT)
Later that night, another shooting about one mile away left at least two people dead and a third critically wounded. Police have not indicated that the two incidents were connected.