By Chris Caraveo
(Photo courtesy store surveillance video)
By Chris Caraveo, Independent Newsmedia
Peoria police are investigating a shooting and robbery that has one person in the hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to a spokesman.
The incident occurred before 5 p.m. April 12 inside Park Clothing Center, 8150 W. Peoria Ave.
Peoria Police Department officers responded to the scene at about 4:20 p.m. Upon arrival, they located an adult with at least one gunshot wound. The victim was transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to Officer Brandon Sheffert.
The suspect is outstanding. According to police, the suspect is a black male in his late teens to 20s with a thin build between 150 and 180 pounds, and between 5 feet 7 inches tall and 6 feet tall. He was wearing a grey shirt and a baseball cap with a possible "Cabela's" writing or logo on it. The incident is tied to a robbery at the store, according to police. It is unknown if the suspect fled with any items.
Police released a short clip of the suspect from the store's surveillance video.
Contact Peoria police at 623-773-8311 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS for any information on this or any other incident within the city.
This incident marks the third police-reported shooting in Peoria in 2017. Earlier this year,
a former MCSO deputy was shot near Peoria City Hall. Last month,
a mother was shot at an apartment complex about a mile west of the incident occurring April 12.
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