Monday, March 18, 2024, at approximately 4:55 a.m. Peoria Police attempted to conduct a traffic stop at the intersection of Starr and Western for a vehicle violation.
The driver of the vehicle identified as 45-year-old Brian R. Childers ignored officers’ commands to pull over and drove away at a high rate of speed. Police did not pursue it.
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short time later police observed the vehicle parked in the 600 block of S. Western.
Childers was still inside the vehicle and refused to exit.
As officers approached the vehicle, they observed Childers display a handgun and point it at an officer.
Childers then fled in the vehicle at a high rate of speed.
During the course of the investigation members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) located Childers in East Peoria.
Childers was taken in custody without further incident. Officers located a firearm and illegal drugs on Childers’ person.
Childers was subsequently arrested for Aggravated Assault on a Peace Officer, Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Obstructing/Resisting Police, Armed Violence, Possession of Methamphetamine, and multiple traffic violations.
He was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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