BPD: Delivery driver robbed at gunpoint

Posted on July 30, 2019
Bloomington Police
Bloomington police are investigating the armed robbery and said the victim was hit in the head with a gun. (WJBC file photo)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – Bloomington police are probing an armed robbery of a delivery driver on the city’s south side.

Officers were called around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday to the Denny’s Doughnuts and Bakery parking lot at 1107 S. Main St.  Police said a delivery driver was loading his car when two black males approached with a gun.

One suspect hit the victim in the head with the gun then both took off with an undisclosed amount of property. Officers said the suspects faces were covered and they fled the scene in a small grey sedan.

It’s unknown if the incident has any connection to an armed robbery Sunday night of a taxi driver in Normal.

Anyone with information is asked to contact BPD Detective Paul Jones at 309-434-2548 or McLean County Crime Stoppers at 308-828-1111.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

 

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