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2 Illinois State University students among 6 injured in shooting near campus

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Normal, IL (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Two Illinois State University students were among six people injured in an off-campus shooting in Normal early Sunday morning.

Normal police said officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 700-block of Franklin Avenue around 2:40 a.m.

Responding officers found six people – two male juveniles, two men, and two women who had been shot. All six victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to local hospitals.

The Normal Police Department and Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services are collecting and processing evidence.

No arrests have been made. Police believe the shooting was an isolated incident.

What led up to the shooting was not immediately clear.

Police asked anyone with information about the shooting to contact Detective Kyle McComber at 309-433-3415 or kmccomber@normalil.gov.

Anonymous tips can be sent through the Normal PD mobile app or through Tip411 by texting NORMALPD to 847411, followed by a space and their message.

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