BLOOMINGTON – On October 8, 2026, at approximately 8:15 p.m., officers responded to the 1000 block of N Illinois Street in reference to a reported shooting. Several callers reported that a man had just been shot and that the suspect was walking away from the scene headed eastbound on W 13th Street. Upon the arrival of officers, a 24-year-old man was located near the front door of an apartment with a gunshot wound to his head. The victim was transported from the scene to IU Health Bloomington Hospital by ambulance, but he did not survive and was later declared deceased at the hospital at 9:49 p.m.
Officers immediately began searching the area for the suspect and located him at 8:23 p.m. He was taken into custody without incident and identified as Jaymon Trey Gilreath (23, Bloomington). Gilreath was transported to the Bloomington Police Department for an interview with investigators. Officers spoke with several witnesses and others present who advised officers that Gilreath believed that the victim was having a relationship with Gilreath’s ex-girlfriend. The victim was reportedly sitting on the front porch of a residence in the 1000 block of N Illinois Street with another man when Gilreath approached them on foot. The man who had been on the porch with the victim stated that he observed Gilreath pull a handgun from his waistline and then shoot the victim in the head before turning and walking away.
Officers searched the route that Gilreath had taken once he left the scene and located a 9mm handgun in a holster near a park bench in the 1300 block of W 13th Street. It is believed that this handgun was the weapon used in the shooting, and it was seized.
After collecting statements from several witnesses and an interview with the suspect, Jaymon Gilreath was transported to a hospital for a medical evaluation, then to the Monroe County Jail, where he was remanded to jail custody for the charge of Murder, a felony. No further information is available for release at this time.
Under Indiana law, criminal charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.
