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Update: Man shot multiple times on Jonette Ave. in Bradley dies

Investigators talk outside the home on Jonette Avenue where a homicide occurred April 8, 2026.

Police are investigating a shooting that left one man dead in the 600 block of Jonette Avenue in Bradley.

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner said the victim was a 36-year-old man. He was pronounced dead at a Kankakee hospital.

Police activity is seen on Jonette Avenue in Bradley at around 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to witnesses who spoke to Shaw Local.

A witness who saw the shooting told the Journal “a man came out of the house and said ‘he’s got a gun’ then he fired multiple shots, hitting the victim who fell to the ground.”

Emergency services took the victim to the hospital.

Police continue to investigate and have not released any details.

Illinois State Police investigators talk to Jonette Avenue residents following the shooting April 8, 2026.

Several people who live in the neighborhood said their street is quiet. One neighbor who has lived on Jonette for 30 years said there had not been a shooting in that time.

Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School went into secure mode “out of an abundance of caution” in response to the incident, the school posted online.

BBCHS Principal Evan Tingley said the school was notified by its school resource officer about 12:50 p.m. of an external community threat a couple of blocks away.

At that time, the school went into secure mode for about 40 minutes, meaning all students were brought indoors, exterior doors were locked, and students remained inside classrooms.

During secure mode, it is “essentially business as usual” along with taking the precautions, he said.

“We never had any danger inside the building or any threats made inside the building,” Tingley said.

BBCHS was slated to release at 1:10 p.m. Wednesday, but held off on dismissal until about 1:35 p.m. when given the all-clear from Bradley police.

Shaw Local spoke to a nearby witness.

“I was in the back doing my job and I came around to the front of my truck,” said the witness. “I heard shots or fireworks. I looked up and a man ran out of the house.”

The witness said the man had his hands up.

The victim got hit two or three times, then fell down, the witness said.

This is a developing story

Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty

Jeff Bonty has been a reporter with the Daily Journal for 38 years, splitting his time in sports and now news. He is a native of Indiana.

Stephanie Markham

Stephanie Markham joined the Daily Journal in February 2020 as the education reporter. She focuses on school boards as well as happenings and trends in local schools. She earned her B.A. in journalism from Eastern Illinois University.