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Police Investigating Evansville Gas Station Shooting

By: Ryan Braschler
Updated: November 19, 2012

UPDATE:

    Evansville police are still looking  for the  suspects in a shooting at a gas station on Washington Avenue. A YouTube video of the fight showed up online, initially putting police on the lookout for the person who posted it.
    Multiple people were involved in the altercation, but police say no one has come forward as a gunshot victim.
    Sargent Jason Cullum says the individuals who took the video are in no danger of being prosecuted "They just happened to be in the area," he says.  "They saw a fight and they took a video on their phone. When the gunshots started going off they had their 'Aha' moment and decided in was time to get out of the area."
    They say they're not sure whether or not the person taking the video called police, but they did get several calls about that incident.
    Police say they have filed a report for the incident , but no arrests have been made.

PREVIOUS REPORT:

EVANSVILLE -- Police are investigating a shooting off of Washington Avenue in Evansville.

Dispatch tells Eyewitness News the 911 caller reported seeing a man outside of the Circle K gas station pull out a gun and shoot the victim.

The caller then told police the shooter carried the victim off.

Police tell us they have stopped a vehicle they believed to be involved around 10:15 Saturday night but it turned out the vehicle was not involved.

The search for the suspect and victim continues.

Stay with Eyewitness News for the latest on-air and on-line.


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