Streator police investigate bicyclist who fired gun into the air, not injuring anyone

Police found 5 .45 caliber casings

Streator police closed a block of Hickory Street near the Streator Post Office on Saturday, June 17, 2023, while bomb technicians removed a suspicious tote in the parking lot.

Streator police are investigating a report that a man on a bicycle fired several gun shots in the air Sunday night and rode away.

The shooting is said to have occurred at 11:09 p.m. Sunday in the 1000 block of East Broadway Street. No one was injured, police said. Officers found five .45 caliber casings, noting the shooting qualifies as an unlawful discharge of a firearm.

Anyone with information on this shooting should call the Streator Police Department at 815-672-3111.

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