Passenger in pickup truck displays handgun during road rage, Granite City IL

Weapons

Reported: 11/9/2025 11:20 AM

IL-162, Granite City, IL

A passenger in a white pickup truck displayed a handgun during a road rage incident on Edwardsville Road near East 23rd. The pickup was later seen traveling eastbound on Highway 162 toward the Emerald Hotel area, followed by a maroon Chevy Cruze. Police units were responding to intercept the vehicles.

Audio|Source: Granite, Pontoon, Madison (City), Mitchell, Long Lake

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00:00

North the unit or anyone close to Edwardsville Road just off of East 23rd.

00:06

I got a caller calling a white chubby pickup,

00:09

a black (name withheld) on the back, some sort of road rage incident where a passenger displayed a handgun at my collar.

00:17

I'm still on the phone trying to get further.

00:20

Six, and I copy.

00:21

I'm responding from Leopard.

00:25

Stephon, they're going eastbound on 162.

00:28

Set four, yeah, I'm out of position.

00:35

Grant is seven years.

00:38

Good.

00:43

I'm still up on Braden, right notified Ponching Beach.

00:48

Working on that now.

00:54

Hi.

00:56

Yeah.

01:03

The Pant is notified that's 162 eastbound passing, um,

01:09

Emerald Hotel.

01:14

And it took a call for a reckless driver that also displayed a 1032, and it is now eastbound on 162, occupied three times.

01:25

Looks it's going to be a maroon Chevy cruise,

01:28

following a white Chevy pickup,

01:30

passing 162 in Mockingburg.

01:33

Yeah, yeah, okay.

01:39

Untune from Glenn Carbon.

01:41

Reference to reckless driver, I have that caller on the line now.

01:43

There's still eastbound 162, pulling up to 111 now.

01:46

10-4, I just can go through the top of light.

01:53

Vehicles have passed 111, continue eastbound of 162.

01:59

On 2991.

02:06

We pulled into this residence right down from where you're coming creek.

02:12

10-4. Are you out with the vehicle?

02:22

Simple.

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