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Romeoville shooting left 5 with non-life threatening injuries: cops

Police said a male fled the scene after the shooting early Sunday

By Alex Ortiz
Romeoville, shooting, crime, bowling alley, bowlero

Five people were shot in the early morning on Feb. 6, 2022 at a bowling alley in Romeoville, according to a police Facebook post. Police said the shooting happened as a result of an altercation. (Alex Ortiz)

Sunday’s early morning shooting at a bowling alley in Romeoville left five with non-life threatening gunshot wounds, police said.

The Romeoville Police Department was notified about 1:15 a.m. of shots fired inside the Bowlero bowling alley at 735 N. Center Blvd., just off of Weber Road.

Officers and paramedics tended to three gunshot victims — a 23-year-old man, 26-year-old woman, and a 25-year-old man — who were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, said Romeoville Deputy Police Chief Brant Hromadka.

The 25-year-old man was treated and released.

A 26-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman left the scene and went to the AMITA Health Adventist Medical Center in Bolingbrook, also with non-life threatening gunshot wounds. Hromadka said both were treated and released.

Police said a man fled after the shooting. A preliminary investigation indicated the shooting happened as a result of a physical altercation at the bowling alley.

The Romeoville Police Department is investigating the shooting and aked anyone with information to call detectives at 815-886-7219.