BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A man is dead and another is in police custody after a deadly shooting Thursday night, police announced Friday.
According to a Bloomington Police Department news release, officers responded to the 1000 block of North Illinois Street in reference to a reported shooting at about 8:15 p.m. Thursday.
Callers said a man had just been shot and that the suspect walked away from the scene, going eastbound on West 13th Street.
Upon their arrival, officers found a man near the front door of an apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. He was taken to IU Bloomington Hospital where he died just before 10 p.m. Thursday.
Police said officers found the suspect, identified as Jaymon Trey Gilreath, 23, of Bloomington, a little before 8:30 p.m. Thursday. He was taken into custody without incident, according to the press release.
Several witnesses told officers the victim was having a relationship with Gilreath’s ex-girlfriend. Investigators said the victim was sitting on the front porch of a residence in the 1000 block of North Illinois Street with another man when Gilreath approached them on foot. The man on the porch with the victim told police he saw Gilreath pull out a gun and shoot the victim in the head before turning and walking away.
Officers traced the route Gilreath took when he left the scene and found a 9mm handgun in a holster near a park bench in the 1300 block of West 13th Street, which they believe is the gun used in the shooting. It’s been seized as evidence, police said.
Gilreath is being held in he Monroe County Jail for a felony charge of murder.
Police have not yet identified the victim.
