Active shooter at Greenwood Mall silenced by armed customer
**UPDATE (11:30pm 7/17)
- 4 total dead, including gunman, and 2 others are believed to be in stable condition, including a 12 year-old.
- The hero that shot the gunman quickly after the incident began was a 22 year-old from Bartholomew County, legally carrying his firearm.
- Four victims of the gunfire were females, one was a male.
- Police also found a suspicious backpack in a bathroom of the food court.
Original Story:
A suspect, only described as a man armed with a rifle and several magazines of ammunition, shot and killed at least two individuals at the Greenwood Mall, before being shot and killed himself, by an armed mall customer. Police were called to the Greenwood Mall just after 6pm on Sunday after reports of an active shooter. The man is believed to have entered the food court of the mall, where he began to unload bullets into the crowd.
At least two individuals have already died as a result of the unidentified gunman. The gunman also died at the hands of the currently unidentified hero, who was armed and acted quickly to protect those at the mall.
The motives of the suspect are unknown, and the investigation is ongoing.
Bloomington schedules demo of old hospital site
Hopewell Phase 1 East Demo
The City anticipates demolition activities as identified in the Hospital Site Master Plan may start as early as late July at the Hopewell Phase 1 East project site bounded by 2nd Street to the north, 1st Street to the south, B-Line to the east, and Rogers Street to the west. Some activities may begin next week including the installation of site fencing, equipment mobilization, and building preparations for demolition. The City ITS Department recently took aerial photos of the site that will be updated during the course of the project to document the transformation of the area. Below is an aerial photo taken from the 1st & Morton Street intersection looking northwest across the site. Additional information about the project and the contractor can be found at the following links: https://bton.in/mRp~I, hopewellbloomington.org & renascentinc.com. The Hospital Site Redevelopment Master Plan is available at https://bton.in/mlLbk.
Ivy Tech Community College launches Statewide Apprenticeship Hub through the U.S. Department of Labor Apprenticeship Building America Grant
Ivy Tech Community College recently received almost $5 Million in grant funding through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Apprenticeship Building America program for its Expanding Registered Apprenticeship Programs (ERAP) project. The ERAP project establishes a statewide apprenticeship hub to promote apprenticeship as a viable, postsecondary education-to-career option and expand employer use of apprenticeship as a recruitment, training, and retention strategy. The project will support registered apprenticeship program development and expansion in industries and occupations in the critical supply chain for electric vehicle manufacturing and adoption, including public/home charging stations and line improvements. It will also support transportation infrastructure improvements, such as vertical and horizontal construction, planned within the state.
The ERAP project will serve men and women in Indiana with varying skill levels, including those with high school diplomas, those enrolled in GED programs with little to no industry experience, those wanting to increase their skills or lack certification, and those who are unemployed or are considered underrepresented populations. The Apprenticeship Building America grant program is designed to expand and modernize Registered Apprenticeship by increasing the number of programs and apprentices, diversifying the industries that use Registered Apprenticeship and improving the access to and performance of Registered Apprenticeship Programs for underrepresented and underserved communities. For more information on Ivy Tech’s apprenticeship program, click here.
This Week in Hoosier History
1902 – Jessamyn West was born in North Vernon. When she was six, her family moved to California, where she graduated from Whittier College. As a writer, her best-known book, The Friendly Persuasion, was based upon Quaker life in Jennings County during the Civil War. The book was made into a popular movie in 1956 which starred Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, and Anthony Perkins.
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