UPDATE 3/10 10:55 a.m.
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police are investigating a shooting over the weekend that left a 16-year-old injured.
PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers were called to Greenlawn Avenue on a ShotSpotter alert just before 7:30 p.m. Saturday, indicating nine rounds were fired.
Officers did not find a victim at the scene.
During a search of the area, police saw three juveniles running northbound on Western Avenue. The juveniles were detained on Western and Antoinette. One of them, a 16-year-old boy, had a gunshot wound to the hand.
The boy was taken to a hospital for treatment.
PPD later learned the juveniles were walking southbound on Western when they were approached by four males who began shooting at them. The juveniles ran off in different directions.
Police have no suspects at this time.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
PEORIA Ill. – Peoria Police are investigating a shooting in which they saw a 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist.
According to 25News – Police were called just before 730pm Saturday evening to the 1100 block of South Western Avenue, near West Garden Street.
Officers said the boy was being treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
Police provided no suspect information.
The shooting is under investigation.
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