(PEORIA, IL) Friday, May 31, 2024, at approximately 4:49 p.m. Peoria Police were dispatched to the 2400 block of N. Sheridan on a report of a male with a handgun.
Members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID), and Patrol Officers responded to the area and made contact with several males standing near a vehicle at the above location.
One
of the males identified as 24-year-old Omar R. Brooks who was inside the vehicle was detained by police.
During a search of the vehicle officers located two handguns. One of the firearms was reported stolen.
A second male identified as 21-year-old Shawn A. Rayford was also detained and transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes.
Rayford was arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm without a Valid FOID Card.
Brooks was issued a Notice to Appear for Possession of Cannabis and was later released.
Rayford was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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