PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD)– Another Peoria shooting has sent a 14-year-old boy to the hospital.
Peoria Police Spokesperson Semone Roth stated that police responded near the intersection of W. Ann Street and S. Griswold Street for reports of a shooting victim around 6:07 p.m. Friday.
When officers arrived, they found the shooting victim with a gunshot wound to the leg. The victim was alert and talking before being sent to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The victim told officers he was shot at by an unknown person in a passing vehicle.
The incident is under investigation. No suspect information has been shared at this time.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Peoria police at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.