Shooting at Morgan and Heidelbach

  The Evansville Police Department (E.P.D.) responded to a shots fired call at 23 Don Mattingly way after the Evansville Fire Department (E.F.D.), who was on a call nearby, called 911.  

  Before officers could arrive dispatch advised E.F.D. located a victim, who was non responsive with a gunshot wound to the chest.  E.F.D. performed lifesaving measures on the victim until an ambulance could arrive to take him to a hospital.

  Officers quickly arrived and secured a crime scene where evidence was recovered.  Witnesses were located and interviewed which led officers to an address in the 500 block of Maxwell Ave. It was at this address that officers took Brent Austin Ferguson (23) into custody. 

 Ferguson was charged with Aggravated Battery and is currently detained at the Vanderburgh County Corrections Center. 

 The victim’s condition is unknown at this time.