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6 Wounded, Including 2 Illinois State University Students, in Normal, Illinois Shooting
Six people, including two Illinois State University students, were shot in an off-campus incident with non-life-threatening injuries, police said the shooting appears isolated.
- On Sunday, March 22, 2026, Normal Police responded to shots fired at approximately 2:40 a.m. in the 700 block of Franklin Avenue, finding six people with gunshot wounds.
- Off campus near Illinois State University, the shooting occurred amid a pattern of campus-area episodes, and what led up to it was not immediately clear, police say.
- Police said the victims included two juvenile males, two adult males and two adult females, and all six suffered non-life-threatening injuries; two are Illinois State University students.
- Authorities say crime-scene teams are processing evidence at the scene, with multiple agencies assisting and no arrests made as of Sunday morning; police urge tips to Detective Kyle McComber, Normal Police Department.
- Grant Jacobs said, 'I definitely think it's pretty scary that it happened so close', and Ann Aubry noted no safety alerts were issued.
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Six hospitalized after Sunday morning shooting in Central Illinois
Six people were hospitalized after an early Sunday morning shooting in Normal. Officers with the Normal Police Department were called at 2:40 a.m. on March 22 to the 700 block of Franklin Avenue to a report of a shooting, said Normal Police Chief Steve Petrili. When officers arrived, they found two men, two women, and...
Mass shooting injures 6, including ISU students, in off-campus residential neighborhood – WGLT (NPR at ISU)
Sunday’s incident is only the latest episode of gun violence on and around the ISU campus. One person was shot last April outside an event at ISU’s Bone Student Center. Another shooting happened Sept. 29, 2024, near the Bone during ISU’s homecoming weekend. One person was killed and another injured in that incident.
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