Terre Haute News
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Terre Haute, Indiana
Terre Haute, Indiana
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By Lucy Perry
Indiana Central News A Terre Haute Police Department investigation has led to the arrest of five suspects on gang-related charges in connection to a shooting near a northside motorcycle clubhouse yesterday. . Assitstant Chief of Police Shawn Keen explained this morning that the following members and associates of the Diablos Motorcycle Club have been arrested:
The five were taken into custody and booked into the Vigo County Jail following witness statements, interviews and the recovery of physical evidence, including multiple firearms, Keen said. Detectives from the THPD and members of the special response team responded to the scene shortly after emergency crews were dispatched to a report of a man down at about 6 p.m. Keen said officers arrived to the scene and found the victim with an apparent gunshot wound to the neck, adding that the victim was transported to an out of area hospital for treatment of his injuries. Further investigation revealed that the man had been shot at while he sat in his vehicle outside the Diablos motorcycle clubhouse at N. 27th Street and Eighth Avenue. Police then secured the area around the clubhouse from N. 26th Street to N. 27th Street on Eighth Avenue. "Search warrants were executed at the Diablos clubhouse and a nearby residence. Twelve members of the Diablos Motorcycle Club were detained and transported to the Terre Haute Police Department," Keen said. The investigation is on-going and anyone with information is asked to contact the Terre Haute Police Department at (812) 238-1661. -- See related story Comments are closed.
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