(PEORIA, IL) Friday, April 21, 2023, at approximately 12:45 a.m. Peoria Police were dispatched to the 700 block of NE Madison on a Shot Spotter alert of one round fired.
When officers arrived, they observed several people walking away from a vehicle at the above location. Officers approached the vehicle and observed a female identified as 44-year-old Gwendolyn A. Smith sitting inside.
Officers observed drugs and drug paraphernalia inside the vehicle and detained Smith.
Police also located a loaded handgun on her person.
Smith was subsequently arrested for Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, Reckless Discharge of a Firearm, No FOID, Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and Unlawful Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
Smith was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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