Night of Chaos Ends With Three People Shot
July 1, 2024
Written By Johnny Kincaid
Several Evansville parking lots were taken over by a large group of young people late Saturday night, keeping EPD police busy dispersing the crowds. In the early morning, a local gas station became a crime scene where three people were allegedly shot.
Reports started appearing on the Evansville Watch Facebook page around 1 AM when a call for police cars to be dispatched to Fulton and Columbia where a crowd had gathered at a gas station, blasting loud music and revving their car engines. Several police officers responded to disperse the crowd without incident.
Later on that evening additional police units were called to S Kentucky and E Riverside. At one point, the crowd grew so large (about 300 plus young people) that every available EPD unit was requested to respond to that area immediately. The police ordered the crowd to disperse and immediately leave the property, and the crowd finally moved on without incident.
Later on, Police were called to the Washington Square Mall parking lot on Greenriver Road after a business owner requested that they clear the lot. Sources report that the crowd grew to about around 400 people, including many under-age youth. Witnesses say that there had been a large fight, and police fired pepper balls to break up the melee. The crowd moved on, only to pop up at a gas station located a short distance away.
A short time later police were called to disperse a group of about 30 cars that were reportedly racing in the parking lot at Thorntons on Greenriver Road.
When police arrived the group drove south on Greenriver to the On The Fly gas station on Covert. According to the Evansville Watch posts, police radio traffic reported that someone had been shot. The number of victims turned out to be three with a minor receiving the most serious injuries. No arrests have been made in association with the shootings. An investigation is currently being conducted by the EPD.
FOOTNOTE: Every day members of our local law enforcement work many scenes of shootings several times every week. They also chase and apprehend suspects fleeing the scene of the shootings.
We are proud of our men and women who are in law enforcement or first responders for helping keep our community safe from bad people.
Members of law enforcement and first responders have an extremely stressful and dangerous job.
The next time you see members of law enforcement or first responders please give them a “thumbs up” for doing a great job in protecting us!
