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Contact: Semone Roth, Communications Specialist/Peoria Police Department
Phone: 309-620-2047
Email: sroth@peoriagov.org
Aggravated Discharge/Reckless Conduct
PPD Incident #26-63971
(PEORIA, IL) On Thursday, September 3, 2026, at approximately 6:56 p.m., officers with the Peoria Police Department were dispatched to the 3800 block of W. Warwick Drive regarding a reported disturbance involving a vehicle. Officers were also advised that multiple shots had been fired in the area.
Upon arrival, officers located a vehicle near the intersection of Creighton Terrace and Big Hollow with visible damage consistent with a gunshot strike, as well as front-end damage. The adult male driver, identified as 20-year-old Amari D. Smith, was detained at the scene.
During the preliminary investigation, officers learned that Smith intentionally struck the rear of a vehicle being driven by an adult female. The female was not injured.
Officers learned that an adult male, identified as 21-year-old Jalen Perez, exited a residence and fired multiple shots toward the vehicle driven by the male who had struck the female's vehicle.
A short time later officers detained Perez at a residence on W. Warwick Drive.
Perez was subsequently arrested for:
• Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm
• Aggravated Assault
• Unlawful Possession of a Weapon
Smith was arrested for:
• Aggravated Assault
• Criminal Damage to Property
Both males were transported to the Peoria County Jail.
Anyone with information regarding any violent crimes is encouraged to contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymous), or Crime Stoppers at (309) 673-9000.
**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. **
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