Shooting 1100 block of S. Linwood Ave.

 Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the Evansville Police Detective Office (812) 436-7979 or the tip line (812) 435-6194 

Around 9:30 p.m. on March 1, the Evansville Police Department (E.P.D.) was called to the 100 block of S. Linwood Ave. for a shots fired call. The caller told dispatch that her residence had been struck multiple times by gunfire. When officers arrived they were able to find multiple shell casings on the roadway in front of the residence. The caller’s residence had 6 occupants inside at the time of the shooting, including children. 

While officers were investigating this incident, there was a 911 call made from the 700 block of Ridgeway Ave. requesting an ambulance for a shooting victim who had been struck by gunfire in the left shoulder. The victim was transported to a local hospital where E.P.D. Detectives asked him about what happened. The victim was unable to give much information to detectives at that time. He is expected to survive his injuries. 

Meanwhile, while officers were still on scene at the original shots fired call, in the 100 block of Linwood, they received another call about a person with a gun a few houses to the west of their location on Adams Ave. A resident in the area observed a male subject, later identified as Dawnqua Lamont Shemwell (24), jumping a security fence behind his home with a gun in his hand. 

An E.P.D. K9 team was able to locate Shemwell hiding between two security fences. The handgun was recovered near Shemwell as well. It was later determined that the handgun was stolen. 

Shemwell is currently being held at the Vanderburgh County Corrections Center and is charged with: 

Battery- Committed with a Deadly Weapon (Level 5 Felony) 

Possession of Stolen Property (Level 6 Felony) Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call the Evansville Police Detective Office (812) 436-7979 or the tip line (812) 435-6194 

Dealing Marijuana (Level 6 Felony) 

Possession of a Controlled Substance (Level 6 Felony) 

6 Counts of Criminal Recklessness with a Deadly Weapon (Level 5 Felony) 

Felon in Possession of a Firearm (Level 5 Felony)