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8-Year-Old Girl Shot on West Bluff

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An 8-year-old girl is expected to recover after she was shot in the leg this morning on Peoria's West Bluff.

Peoria Police Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a ShotSpotter alert detected three rounds fired in the 1200 block of N. Orange around 3:45 a.m. Friday. 

Police received another call that a child inside a house was shot. She was taken to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. 

Dotson said multiple suspects forced entry into the house and fired. She had no further information. No arrests have been made. 

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Tim Shelley is the News Director at WCBU Peoria Public Radio.