(PEORIA, IL) Friday, March 22, 2024, at approximately 1:38 a.m. Peoria Police responded to the 2100 block of W. Wiswall on a Shot Spotter alert of 21 rounds fired.
Seconds later another Shot Spotter was received indicating 11 rounds fired at the same location. No one was injured.
When
officers arrived, they observed a vehicle fleeing the area. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but it drove away at a high rate of speed. The vehicle was reported stolen.
During the course of the investigation, officers located the stolen vehicle abandoned in the 2200 block of N. Linsley Street.
Officers with the assistance of a K9 conducted a search of the area and located a 17-year-old male hiding near the abandoned vehicle.
Police also located a loaded firearm within feet of the juvenile.
The juvenile was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Possession of a Machine Gun, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, No FOID, Possession of a Handgun Under 21, and Obstructing Police.
The 17-year-old was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
This incident remains under investigation.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. **