NORMAL ( 25News Now ) - Normal Police are looking for a suspect who ran from officers Tuesday afternoon, although they apparently have recovered the suspect’s weapon.

Police put out a statement on the department’s Facebook page that officers responded about 2:30 p.m. to a report of an armed person in the 600 block of West Raab Road, at Bradford Lane. It’s a heavily traveled area near Schnuck’s grocery store, a Starbucks, and Subway restaurant.

Officers said they confronted the suspect, who was armed at the time, but that person ran away.

Police said officers recovered the weapon, but the suspect hasn’t been found.

“Multiple agencies” have joined in the search. They’re looking for someone who was last seen wearing black clothes and white shoes.

Anyone seeing this person is asked to

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