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INDIANA STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURED IN WINCHESTER THURSDAY NIGHT, THAT RESULTED IN AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON SUFFERING A GUNSHOT WOUND.  WINCHESTER DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE BRANDON BARNDOLLAR SAYS THAT AROUND 11:30 YESTERDAY MORNING – OFFICERS WERE DISPATCHED TO THE 600-BLOCK OF NORTH MAIN STREET IN WINCHESTER – ON THE REPORT OF A GUNSHOT WOUND AT THAT LOCATION.  WINCHESTER POLICE OFFICERS THEN CALLED IN ASSISTANCE FROM THE INDIANA STATE POLICE, INCLUDING THEIR CRIME LAB.  WINCHESTER POLICE THEN TURNED THE INVESTIGATION OVER TO I-S-P.  POLICE BELIEVE THIS WAS AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, AND THE PUBLIC IS NOT IN ANY DANGER.  WINCHESTER POLICE THANK THE RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, INDIANA STATE POLICE, RANDOLPH COUNTY E-M-S, WINCHESTER FIRE AND E-M-S, AND ALL OTHER RESPONDING AGENCIES FOR THEIR HELP WITH THIS INCIDENT.  WE WILL BRING YOU ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION, ONCE DETAILS ARE RELEASED.