(PEORIA, IL) On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at approximately 7:13 p.m. Peoria Police responded to the 2400 block of W. Starr regarding an armed robbery to a business.
When officers arrived on scene, they located the robbery victim who told police two male suspects wearing ski masks entered the business and robbed him at gunpoint.
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of the suspects was armed with a handgun. The suspects then fled the scene on foot with an unknown amount of currency. No one was injured.
Members of the Peoria Police Department’s Crime Scene Unit (CSU), Patrol Unit and a K-9 officer responded to the scene to conduct a search for the suspects with negative results.
This incident is under investigation.
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.