PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria County Sheriff Chris Watkins says deputies responded to a ShotSpotter alert in area of W. Ann and S. Oregon in Peoria around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, indicating 4 shots fired.
Once they arrived, deputies found a black male, wearing a hoodie, who immediately fired several shots at them, then fled on foot.
The deputies were not injured. They recovered two firearms and shell casings at the scene, one of the weapons reportedly stolen from Chicago.
If you have information that could help an investigation of the incident, call the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office at (309) 697-7822, CrimeStoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000, or use tip411.
