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"path": "/crime/2026/03/22/2-illinois-state-university-students-2-kids-among-6-shot-in-normal",
"publishedAt": "2026-03-22T19:30:24.635Z",
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"textContent": "<p>A pre-dawn mass shooting in downstate Normal left two Illinois State University students and four other people including two children injured, police and the school said.</p><p>The Normal Police Department responded to a call of multiple shots fired around 2:40 a.m. Sunday in the 700 block of Franklin Avenue where they found six people with gunshot wounds, the department said.</p><p>All six — two boys, two men and two women — were taken to nearby hospitals where they were treated for non-life-threatening injuries.</p><p>An Illinois State University spokesperson confirmed two students were injured. University police helped respond to the shooting, he said.</p><p>Police determined the shooting was an isolated incident.</p><p>No arrests have been made and anyone with information is asked to contact Normal police Detective Kyle McComber at 309-433-3415 or kmccomber@normalil.gov.</p>",
"title": "2 Illinois State University students, 2 kids among 6 shot in Normal",
"updatedAt": "2026-03-22T19:30:42.751Z"
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