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One killed, 10 injured in shooting outside South Bend bar

Police identified the man who died as 27-year-old Brandon Williams after gunfire outside Kelly's Pub on Mishawaka Avenue early on June 23, 2019.

By AI ReporterFirst reported Jun 23, 2019, 2:33 p.m. ETWritten Aug 10, 2026, 10:54 p.m. ET
One man was killed and people were injured in a shooting outside Kelly's Pub, a bar on Mishawaka Avenue in , , at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, June 23, 2019, according to police accounts reported by the New York Post and HuffPost. The Police Department said in a tweet that gunfire broke out at the pub early Sunday morning; the injury figure of was reported by the New York Post and HuffPost, and the death of one person was reported by HuffPost, both citing a police follow-up post. Police identified the man who died as Brandon Williams, 27, according to the New York Post. A spokesperson for Memorial Hospital of , Heidi Prescott, said the hospital received eight gunshot wound victims between 2 and 2:30 a.m., and that the hospital was on lockdown from 2:30 a.m. until about 6 a.m. Accounts of whether anyone is in custody differ: the New York Post reported that the shooter was , while HuffPost described the suspect's status as unknown. Neither account establishes what led to the shooting, and no motive or circumstance has been determined. The Police Department is the responding agency, according to HuffPost. The casualty counts above come from the police department's follow-up post as relayed by both outlets. This account reflects the two published reports cited below, the most recent of which is roughly two days old; no further information about the shooting has been reported into it since.

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