(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, June 13, 2024, at approximately 4:12 p.m. members of the
Peoria Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division (CID) with the assistance of a License Plate Reader (LPR) located a vehicle connected to a recent shooting investigation. (#24-11735)
Officers observed the vehicle come to a stop in the 7500 block of N. Grand Prairie Drive with two male juveniles and one adult male inside.
Police immediately detained the three males and conducted a search of the vehicle where a handgun was located inside. The males ages 17, 22, and 17 were transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes.
One of the juveniles was subsequently arrested for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, No FOID, and Possession of a Handgun Under 21.
He was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
The other two males were later released.
If you have any information regarding 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. **