A single gunshot during a post-tailgate fight near Notre Dame’s South Bend, Indiana campus struck a woman and a police officer Saturday night. The violence erupted around 7:30 p.m. ET as crowds were leaving the university’s tailgating areas and heading toward Eddy Street Commons. South Bend Police reported that Notre Dame Police initially observed a male suspect armed and pointing a gun at people, but when South Bend officers located a matching suspect, they found him unarmed. As approximately 20 South Bend Police Officers were present in Eddy Street Commons responding to the initial call, a single gunshot was heard near Eddy Street and Angela Boulevard. Officers soon discovered a woman with a non-life-threatening leg wound and a South Bend Police officer with an injury believed to be from a ricochet or shrapnel. Both victims were transported to a local hospital and are expected to recover fully. The suspected shooter, described as a heavyset Black male with dreadlocks, wearing blue shorts, a black shirt with a red and blue design, and missing one shoe, fled west from the scene and remains at large. Police swiftly evacuated nearby businesses and parking garages, locking down the commercial district for an active investigation and urging the public to avoid the area while a heavy police presence secured the scene.
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