Normal Police

Posted on March 11, 2025
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Normal Police. (Photo courtesy: WJBC/File)

By WMBD TV

NORMAL – Two armed men robbed a person in a Schnucks parking lot, according to police.

Officers with the Normal Police Department were called at 4:30 p.m. on March 10, to the 1700 block of Bradford Lane to a report of an armed robbery.

When police arrived they learned two men had allegedly approached the victim in the parking lot near the Schnucks and demanded money and information collected led officers to believe both men were armed, the department said.

The men were between 18–20 years old and between 5 foot 7 and 5 foot 9. One of the men was wearing a black jacket, pants and a ski mask.

No one was injured, and the investigation is still ongoing.

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