PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police responded to two ShotSpotter alerts around 3:45 a.m. Friday from the 1200 block of N. Orange. Seven shots were fired.
Around the same time, a call came in saying a child had been shot.
Peoria Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said officers found an 8-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was transported to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Dotson said,”The only suspect information we have is that multiple suspects made forced entry into the home and shots were fired.”
Police are still investigating.
