Crest Hill police are asking neighbors near Merichka's restaurant to check their cameras for more footage.
Police said the shooting happened around 1 p.m. in the 600 block of Theodore Street, striking multiple businesses.Both were seen running north from Merichka's restaurant between 1 a.m. and 2 p.m. They were also seen would south on Oakland Avenue before the shooting.City of Crest Hill
George said surveillance cameras at the business captured a shootout between two groups of people, so this wasn't just a shooting. It was a gun battle with several shots fired with dozens of shots fired."It sounded like it was like a battle, you know, like a whole war," said Super Puffs Tobacco & Minimart owner Moe Amer. "We hit the ground. There's really nothing we can do, you know. All we could do is just try to protect ourselves. We hit the ground, me and my worker.
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