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Incident Report for Case #2020-290481

Incident Type

Weapons Violation

Incident Date

08/07/2020 - 10:45 PM

Address

400 block W. Gilman St.

Details

     Officers recovered several bullets and parts of a handgun magazine Friday night after chasing an armed man into an alleyway near the 400 block of W. Gilman St.
     The MPD had originally been called to the area after witnesses saw a couple of men attempting to pull a woman into a car, seemingly against her will.
When officers arrived, they spotted a foot chase between two men. The man being pursued dropped a handgun near State St. It was picked up by the person who had been doing the chasing.
     Officers followed him, ordering the gunman to stop; however, he entered the ally, escaped over a fence, leaving bullets and gun parts in his wake.
Surveillance video shows the woman had earlier been walking with the involved men, and it's not clear what caused the disturbance, as all parties fled.
     All were connected to a silver rental car with Illinois plates.

Released 08/10/2020 at 10:39 AM by PIO Joel Despain