Update on this week’s parking lot shooting on Bloomington’s Southside
On October 16th, 2023, Bloomington Police Detectives continued their investigation into the shooting that occurred in the 300 block of E Winslow Road. Investigators reviewed video footage and conducted multiple interviews. The two men involved were located, detained, and interviewed. At the conclusion of interviews, Detectives arrested Shauntrell Juran Watts, Jr., and Antowyne William Dupreee Osborne for the following charges:
- Shauntrell Juran Watts, Jr. (19, Bloomington): Attempted Murder, Level 1 Felony; Criminal Recklessness, Level 5 Felony; Pointing a Firearm, Level 6 Felony.
- Antowyne William Dupree Osborne (18, Bloomington): Criminal Recklessness, Level 5 Felony; Theft (possession of stolen handgun), Level 5 Felony; Unlawful Carry of a Handgun, A Misdemeanor.
Investigators determined that the two involved men knew each other and got into a verbal altercation in the Winslow Plaza parking lot. During the argument, both men produced handguns and fired at each other. Osborne fled the scene as a passenger in a white SUV prior to the arrival of officers. The white SUV was located a short time later in the 2100 block of S Rockport Road. As officers were giving Osborne commands in an attempt to take him into custody, officers observed him crouching down near the front of the white SUV. Once he was detained, officers located a handgun that had been placed in the grill of the vehicle. Officers determined that the firearm had been reported as stolen from a nearby apartment complex.
Investigators were able to locate video footage of the shooting and determined that Watts would be arrested as well. He was located later in the afternoon, interviewed again by investigators, and arrested for the above listed charges.
*Criminal Defendents are presumed innocent unless and until convicted in a court of law
Attorney General Todd Rokita protects 1.5 million patients from Inmediata’s data breach, leads 33 states
Attorney General’s Office continues fight to hold HIPAA covered entities accountable for patient privacy in the most recent multistate settlement with Puerto Rico-based health care clearinghouse, Inmediata, for a coding issue that exposed the protected health information (“PHI”) of approximately 1.5 million consumers for almost three years.
Attorney General Rokita led a coalition of 33 attorneys general to investigate the incident and negotiate a settlement with the company. Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to overhaul its data security and breach notification practices and make a $1.4 million payment to states. Indiana will receive over $131,000 from the settlement.
As a health care clearinghouse, Inmediata facilitates transactions between health care providers and insurers across the United States. On January 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Civil Rights alerted Inmediata that PHI maintained by Inmediata was available online and had been indexed by search engines. As a result, sensitive patient information could be viewed through online searches, and potentially downloaded by anyone with access to an internet search engine.
Inmediata was alerted to the breach on January 15, 2019, but they delayed notification to impacted consumers for over three months and sent misaddressed notices. Further, the notices were far from clear—many consumers complained that without sufficient details or context. They had no idea why Inmediata had their data, which may have caused recipients to dismiss the notices as illegitimate.
This settlement resolves allegations of the attorneys general that Inmediata violated state consumer protection laws, breach notification laws, and HIPAA by failing to implement reasonable data security. This includes failing to conduct a secure code review at any point prior to the breach, and then failing to provide affected consumers with timely and complete information regarding the breach, as required by law.
Under the settlement, Inmediata has agreed to strengthen its data security and breach notification practices going forward.
Community Trunk or Treat event planned at Ivy Tech Bloomington
Ivy Tech Community College Bloomington is hosting a community Trunk or Treat fundraiser Thursday, Oct. 26 from 5-6:30pm. The family-friendly event is open to the public with a suggested donation of $5 per child. Trunk or Treat is hosted by Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society students and funds raised will go toward a Students for Students scholarship. The Halloween-themed event will take place in the college parking lot at 200 Daniels Way.
Ivy Tech Bloomington offers more than 40 career and four-year transfer programs, with courses that start multiple times per year for quick entry and graduation. To get started, apply for free online at ivytech.edu/bloomington, For information on free training programs at Ivy Tech Bloomington, visit ivytech.edu/bloomington/NLJ.
This Week in Hoosier History
1954 – The Regency TR-1, the first transistor radio, begins production in Indianapolis. Introduced in 1954. Despite mediocre performance, about 150,000 units were sold, due to the novelty of its small size and portability. Previously, transistors had only been used in military or industrial applications, and the TR-1 demonstrated their utility for consumer electronics, offering a prescient glimpse of a future full of small, convenient hand-held devices that would develop into calculators, mobile phones, tablets and the like. Surviving specimens are sought out by collectors.
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