Police investigate New Year’s Day stabbing in the 200 block of South College Avenue

Update: Press release from Bloomington Police Department.

“On January 1, 2023, at approximately 1:23 a.m., officers responded to a report of a stabbing in the 200 block of S College Avenue. Upon arrival, officers located a 32 year-old man with a significant injury to his abdomen consistent with a knife wound. The victim was transported to an area hospital by ambulance, where he underwent emergency surgery. His current condition is unknown. 

Investigators were able to briefly speak with the victim prior to him being taken to surgery and he reported that he had been inside a nearby bar and had interacted with a man. The victim did not know the man prior to interacting with him inside the bar. He said that later in the night, he was in the east/west alleyway in the 200 block of S College Avenue when the same man approached him and stabbed him with a knife. The suspect then fled the area in an unknown direction and the victim walked back towards College Avenue, where he asked another man to call 911 for him because he had been stabbed. 

The suspect has not been identified or located. The investigation is ongoing and no further information is able to be released at this time. Anyone with information about the event is asked to contact Detective Jon Muscato at (812)339-4477.”

Editor’s note: The story has been corrected to reflect the narrative in the press release.

Police are investigating a stabbing around 1:23 a.m. New Year’s Day 2023, which left a man injured in the 200 block of South College Avenue. The stabbing victim was standing and talking to first responders before being transported to a hospital.

The man stumbled from an alley to a nearby bar where patrons called the police, a source told the Bloomingtonian. Members of the Bloomington Police Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, and Indiana State Police converged on the scene to assist the injured man, then EMS workers arrived to take the victim to the hospital. First responders wrapped the man’s stomach with material to slow down the bleeding.

The alley was surrounded on both ends with police cordon tape during an investigation.

The Bloomingtonian will update this story once the police have time to finish the investigation and release information to the public.