Two men being held as “persons of interest” in an early Friday shooting that injured a woman in Munster.
Munster Police spokesman Lt. Ed Strbjak said Friday that the department received a call at 5:40 a.m. of a person getting shot at 101 45th Ave. Officers arrived at the address – a FedEx Home Delivery hub, 101 45th St., No. 2 – and found a woman who’d been shot once, he said.
Shortly after the initial call, Strbjak said the department received a call from Family Christian Center, 340 W. 45th Ave., concerning “two suspicious men” running eastbound near the church. A third call to the department came in from the 500 block of Progress Lane, describing two suspicious men in the area, he said.
The fourth call came from Fitness Pointe health club, 9950 Calumet Ave. A caller said two men who’d come into the building and were “acting suspiciously,” Strbjak said. Officers arrived and took the two into custody.
The woman, meanwhile, was taken to Methodist Hospitals Northlake in Gary for treatment, Strbjak said.
The investigation remains ongoing, but Strbjak said the woman knew the two men, and it doesn’t appear to be a domestic incident. He also said there was no threat to the community.
Additionally, Strbjak thanked the residents for their diligence.
“We got the initial call at 5:40 a.m., and by 6 a.m. we had the men in custody,” he said. “We greatly appreciate the assistance from the community.”
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The Dyer, Lansing and Highland police departments assisted Munster in the search.
Michelle L. Quinn is a freelance reporter with the Post-Tribune.