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Liquor Store Robbery Causes Brief ISU Campus Alert

Normal Police Department

Police are investigating a robbery at University Liquors in Normal, on West Beaufort Street near the Illinois State University campus.

A person with a mask reportedly displayed a handgun.

The report of a person with a gun prompted a campus wide alert, though not a shelter in place. A suspect is still at large, but University Spokesman Eric Jome said ISU is now telling people to go about their normal business.

Normal Police have taken charge of the case and are continuing to investigate.

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WGLT Senior Reporter Charlie Schlenker has spent more than three award-winning decades in radio. He lives in Normal with his family.