Person seen with shotgun near Jefferson Street, Pekin IL

Weapons

Reported: 11/7/2025 03:24 PM

Near Jefferson St, Pekin, IL 61554

A caller reported that a person arrived near Jefferson Street in Pekin in a white van while carrying a shotgun. The person left the area before officers arrived. No injuries or further incidents were reported.

Audio|Source: Tazewell Sheriff/Pekin Police Main

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Transcript:

00:00

Pullington, Jefferson, caller advisor, kids told her that someone showed up at this residence with a shotgun and a white van.

00:07

Caller (name withheld), Ms.

00:09

(name withheld), she's worried it could be him.

00:11

She didn't see anything just going off of what the kids say.

00:14

Caller says the van is now left left down on Jefferson.

00:18

I want to copy?

00:21

I'd rather.

00:27

You can call three.

00:28

Call three.

00:30

I am clear.

00:38

I got to call them for you.

00:44

Tenfold, go ahead.

00:49

I forgot three, it's near Reservoir Road for missing person callers 14-year-old sons, didn't come home from school.

00:58

Yep.

01:04

You can pull (number withheld)?

01:07

Go on, copy.

01:13

Paul 5, can you go with the address again?

01:17

near Jefferson.

01:20

Time forward to the caller leave her name, because the woman here is saying it, she didn't call.

01:25

And (name withheld)?

01:31

Speaking from, going to go on.

01:40

You either try giving the (name withheld) to call back, see you can get any better information,

01:46

or check (name withheld) and (name withheld).

01:49

Call on her back now, I guess she was not at near Jefferson block, she was in the 1400 block, I'm trying to get an actual item.

02:00

And four, there's a group of people down the road we're going to get towards them.

02:10

I guess it took place at the near Jefferson and one of the other moms walked down and got the exact address, but they were standing in the 14-hour block.

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