(PEORIA, IL) Friday, January 26, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m. Peoria Police were on the scene of a traffic accident on the Gale Street overpass of I-74 when officers heard 12 to 15 shots fired nearby. One of the shots struck a police vehicle.
No one was injured.
During the course of the investigation, police with the assistance of a License Plate Reader (LPR) identified the vehicle where the shots were fired from. The vehicle was located a short time later abandoned in the 2600 block of N. Lavalle.
Officers conducted a search of the area for suspects with negative results.
This incident is 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.
UPDATE 1/7/24
On Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at approximately 12:37 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) located 25-year-old Donte A. Wright, a suspect in this case while conducting a traffic stop in the 3600 block of N. University Street.
During a search of the vehicle officers located and seized a handgun.
Wright was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon.
Wright was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
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.
UPDATE 2/21/24
Wednesday, February 21, 2024, Peoria Detectives were able to identify a 17-year-old male as a suspect in the case.
Detectives observed the suspect exit a vehicle and walk into a business in the 1500 block of NE Jefferson Avenue.
Officers entered the business and took the juvenile into custody without incident.
The juvenile was transported to the Peoria Police Department for interviewing purposes and subsequently arrested for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm Under 21, and an Active Warrant.
The juvenile was transported to the Juvenile Detention Center.
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. **