FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — A Freeport man was killed in a shooting Wednesday night.
According to Freeport Police, officers responded to a Sound Thinking (formerly ShotSpotter) alert of gunfire in the 1000 block of S. Float Avenue around 8:44 p.m. and found a man at the scene who had been shot.
He was taken to FHN by paramedics, but later died, police said.
Police said the murder was not a random act of violence, and is currently under investigation.
Another shooting occurred at 10:26 p.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Broadway Street, but injuries were reported. Two 17-year-old suspects were arrested, but authorities said the two incidents were not related.
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