Evansville police have arrested one person and are looking for two others in connection with a rash of what officers say are gang-related shootings this week on the city's South Side.
At least two people have been wounded by the gunfire since Tuesday. Police say there have been multiple fights and shooting incidents involving two South Side gangs, "Wag Block" and "J Block," over the past several months, but this is the first time two people have been shot within a 24-hour period. Kenneth Fox was arrested in connection with Wednesday night's shooting. The shootings have occurred in four-block area between Madison and Jackson avenues west of U.S. 41. "Pretty soon, somebody's child is going to get shot," said Jerry Dejarnett, 58, one of the few residents of the area willing to talk about the shootings. Dejarnett said this is the most violent period he's witnessed in his three years of living there. In the most recent shooting Wednesday night, two women and two girls — ages 3 and 4 — were targeted. No one in that incident was injured, police said, and the two people shot earlier are recovering fine, according to police, but offi...