PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - Peoria Police are looking for the suspect in a beating that sent a man speeding to a local hospital after he was allegedly hit in the face with a firearm several times.

According to police, at about 3:46 a.m. Friday, a ShotSpotter alert of eight rounds fired in the 800 block of West Hurlbert Street sent officers in that direction.

While they were headed to the scene, police said they spotted a vehicle speeding to a local hospital. Officers followed the vehicle and found a 23-year-old man with a head injury.

Police said the man had been hit in the head with a firearm multiple times, though his injuries appeared to be non-life-threatening.

A passenger in the vehicle told police that just before they arrived at the hospital, a group of men approached the duo in t

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