ALTON - At 2:37 p.m. on Monday, August 16, 2021, several Alton Police Department Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Brookside Ave., for a report of a shooting.

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A short time later, Officers arrived on the scene and located the person who was reportedly shot, Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said.

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"The person had not been shot and was not injured," Chief Pulido said. "The person reported that a white male in a smaller orange vehicle shot towards him then fled in a westerly direction.

"Alton Police Department Officers and Detectives with the Criminal Investigations Division are still investigating. At this point in the investigation, it appears that this was not a random act."

The investigation is still ongoing.

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