Mass shooting injures 6, including ISU students, in off-campus residential neighborhood
WGLT | By Ryan Denham, Eric Stock
Published March 22, 2026 at 9:34 AM CDT
Six people — including two juveniles — were shot early Sunday morning in a residential neighborhood in Normal just south of the Illinois State University campus, authorities said. It’s one of the few mass shootings in recent Bloomington-Normal history.
Police responded around 2:40 a.m. to the 700 block of Franklin Avenue, an area just south of the railroad tracks with a mix of apartments and homes located between ISU and the Carle BroMenn Medical Center complex.
Officers found multiple people outside with gunshot wounds, Normal Police said. They were taken to the hospital. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening.
The victims include two juvenile males, two adult males, and two adult females, police said. Illinois State University Police said in a statement that two of the people injured are ISU students.
Based on the preliminary investigation, this incident appears to be isolated, police said. No arrests have been made as of 2 p.m. Sunday.