Shooting in Fort Wayne, Indiana: What we know so far

A shooting occurred at a popular Southwest bar in Fort Wayne, Indiana, as per WOWO, a local commercial radio station. Information regarding the incident is still unclear, but the Fort Wayne-based talk station reported via eyewitness accounts that the incident occurred after a concert at Mitchell’s Sports & Neighborhood Grill on West Jefferson Boulevard came to an end, late Friday night. 

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While details about what led to the shooting remain unclear, preliminary accounts suggest that a probably domestic dispute involving a man and a woman escalated. 

Fort Wayne police have not released any information regarding the incident at this time. 

Earlier in the week, a woman was shot during a large gathering at a home in the 1500 block of E. Lewis Street, Fort Wayne. Authorities transported the woman, with life-threatening injuries, to a hospital. As per the cops, several people left the area before authorities arrived. 

Fort Wayne police also responded to reports of a shooting at the 800 block of Ventura Lane, on August 12, and found that two people had gotten into a fight and one was shot. 

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The city in northeastern Indiana saw Governor Eric Holcomb sign a bill into law that would allow most adults to carry handguns in public without a permit. The decision drew sharp opposition from state police law enforcement organizations, city police departments, and the Fraternal Order of Police, all of them insisting that the lives of officers would be at greater risk. 

Republican state senator Liz Brown also expressed that the previous system was better, and said, “Why I voted against the bill because I didn’t think it served my constituents well. An officer serving a warrant to your house can determine who is in the house and who they are, at least one of the ways is to see if you had a permit because all of those things have been checked”, as per NBC. 

[This is a developing story]