Danville Police are looking for two men who pulled an armed robbery at a Family Dollar Store Sunday night. Police Commander Joshua Webb says it is unknown whether the robbery has anything to do with several reports of shots fired over the weekend.
Employees at the Family Dollar Store in the 1200 block of East Main Street say two Black males entered the store wearing masks and armed with handguns. The suspects demanded money during the robbery which occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. Sunday. They were given cash from a register and then fled from the store. The suspects were last seen running east from the business..
Commander Webb says other incidents still under investigation from the weekend include:
- The shooting of a man in the area of the unit block of Kentucky Street in Danville Friday afternoon. Police say the man suffered a gunshot wound to his jaw which was determined to be non-life threatening. The victim told police he was involved in an argument in the area of Kentucky Street when shots rang out from a beige colored vehicle.
- The firing of several shots into a vehicle around 12:40 a.m. Saturday in the area of Voorhees and Fowler Streets. The victim said the shots were fired from a vehicle which was behind him. The victim was not hit by any of the shots, but drove to the area of the Emergency Department of OSF HealthCare Sacred Heart Medical Center to wait for police.
- The firing of shots which struck a vehicle at 9:30 Saturday night in the area of the 200 block of Walnut Street. No injuries were reported.
- The firing of shots which struck a parked vehicle in the 1200 block of Harmon Street Friday evening. The victim told police he heard 4 or 5 shots then discovered a bullet hole in his vehicle.
Police are continuing to investigate all of these incidents…and anyone who has information that might help is asked to call Danville Police at (217) 431-2250. Or you can call Vermilion County Crime Stoppers at (217) 446-TIPS (8477).
