STERLING, Ill. (WIFR) – The Sterling Police Department responded Tuesday evening to the Pizza Ranch at 3900 East Lincolnway in Sterling for calls of a 17-year-old customer who had shot an employee.

Officers arrived on scene to find a 17-year-old Pizza Farm male suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. The employee was transported to a local hospital. Upon investigation, it was determined that the gunman left the scene after the shooting.

Authorities later found the 17-year-old male suspect at a residence in Rock Falls.

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