PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police are looking for someone who might have used a gun near Northwoods Mall early Thursday morning.
Police say an officer parked on War Memorial Drive near the mall heard the shot just after 1:00 a.m. The officer started to drive toward the suspected shooter’s vehicle, but it fled at a high rate of speed, and later crashed into a home near Creighton Terrace and Big Hollow Road.
The suspect fled on foot and couldn’t be found, despite the use of a drone and a K9.
The incident remains under investigation.
Neither the officer nor anyone inside the home were hurt.
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.
