BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana State Police have launched a death investigation following a shooting late Saturday night in eastern Monroe County that left a 79-year-old Bloomington woman dead.
According to state police, emergency dispatchers received a 911 call late Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 79-year-old James Kulis, of Bloomington. Kulis reported to dispatchers that his wife, Harrietann M. Kulis, also 79, was deceased after sustaining two gunshot wounds.
Responding officers located a vehicle along Kent Road near State Road 46 in eastern Monroe County. Detectives from the Indiana State Police Bloomington District Investigative Unit and Crime Scene Investigators responded to process the scene.
James Kulis was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Monroe County Jail. He is currently facing preliminary charges of assisted suicide, a Level 5 felony, and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a Level 6 felony.
State police noted that the investigation remains active and ongoing, and an autopsy is pending to determine the exact cause and manner of death.
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