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UPDATE 8:15 P.M. — All three suspects in the robbery and car chase, Terrion Johnson; Jabreez Thompkins; and Christopher Smith, were arrested for Business Burglary.
Peoria Police Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said Smith was also arrested for various traffic offenses.
All three individuals were from Michigan and were transported to Peoria County Jail.
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PEORIA, Ill. — An early Friday afternoon robbery of the Northwoods Mall Kay Jewelers led to a high-speed chase that ended in East Peoria.
Peoria Police responded around 12:15 to the store. There, they were told two males came into the store, using a sledgehammer to bust open glass display cases, before exiting to the parking lot where a van awaited them.
One person wounded in East Bluff shooting
PEORIA (WEEK) - Police are investigating a shooting that left one person wounded in Peoria' East Bluff.
Peoria Police Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said police received two ShotSpotter alerts about 8:35 p.m. One of the alerts was in the 1900 block of North Missouri Avenue, while the other was where police found a male victim with a gunshot wound to the leg in the 2200 block of Delaware Street.
The extent of the man's injuries were not immediately known. No other details were available about the shooting.
Howard Packowitz