Man threatens to shoot children and flees into woods, Pekin IL


A man with valid warrants ran through a housing complex near Broadway St, yelling at children and threatening to shoot them. He then fled into nearby woods. Residents are worried about the safety of their children.
Audio|Source: Tazewell Sheriff/Pekin Police Main
06:40
Transcript:
00:00
The group here said he just took off running into the housing and yelled things at all the kids out here when he ran through here.
00:06
Somewhere out in the middle of the housing here.
00:08
Okay.
00:10
You're looking for?
00:15
Colden plates.
00:17
Sam, too, you're able to have this way.
00:20
So, do you see for him?
00:22
I'll be enraught from the office.
00:24
Five still working on that?
00:29
I think you just got out a few weeks ago, I'm off he saw him rolling up.
00:37
He's on one today.
00:39
There's been yelling at kids and everything.
00:46
Ten for fall three.
00:48
Go ahead.
00:51
Can you put me on five, stick and I'll start with.
00:54
Ten four.
00:59
Just hair up in a ponytail in a short second.
01:03
She's going to get her phone charge, so I'm going to come help you if he's causing the issue out here.
01:13
I believe like, God, I'm trying to get up to me, just going over by the basketball courts.
01:22
He's running into the woods, going towards Napa.
01:25
I don't have anything to chase at this point.
01:29
I've got to be running into the woods to Napa.
01:37
Five. Do you have charges for anything, or she's still working on that?
01:45
We've got people in the housing saying that they better get their kids out or else they're going to get hit the bullets.
01:53
So do we just see it at this point? Alright, if you want to go over towards Napa, he just ran into the woods here.
01:59
I'm in the house. Don't go back to get my car.
02:03
I had three put me in the area on that call.
02:05
Three and four.
02:08
Five, I'm in the area. I'm going to head up for zero.
02:12
Ten, four.
02:16
Bees to Paul, too.
02:18
Paul, too.
02:21
Did Mike Plainton want to return phone call?
02:28
She does not say, but it does say that she herself trying to check on her a couple of times, so probably wouldn't hurt.
02:36
All right, I'm not hearing anything inside.
02:38
Can't be able to be in the order.
02:44
Can we're...
02:46
Four from five. You get a description on head by any chance.
02:54
For a great basketball shorts, they're sagging, hanging down,
02:58
foot flop, right socks, no shirt, hair up on a bun.
03:02
No. No.
03:03
You have a good starting point to do a track on him.
03:09
Yeah, I got the trail he walked, ran in on.
03:12
I'm just quite away from my car, so I got my take my way back there to do that.
03:17
This will do, course, I'll do you.
03:21
If you guys want to set a perimeter,
03:23
I can get that way.
03:26
I'll make my way back to my car and bring it over here and I can start from here. I'm just got to get back there.
03:36
Did he run across that field from the basketball courts towards the auto parts for?
03:48
Yeah, there's a, right at the edge of woods here at the end at Worker, there's a trail.
03:53
They went right under that trail towards Napa, so he's back on these woods somewhere.
04:02
He can't pause here.
04:04
Go ahead.
04:09
I attempted the complaint in the several times on the phone, I'm not able to make contact with her either.
04:14
I'll get to make a call back.
04:18
Wes,
04:20
where are you in? I'm on an arrow.
04:25
Four minutes.
04:31
When you have an air to have to... ...all,
04:37
I'll make my way back to Napa, put it up now. What do you got on this guy?
04:50
Right now, just DC, I was working on possibly domestic, but he's, has a sign with nice words towards speaking fleece in the front yard, and is screaming, yelling at kids and threatening to shoot kids in the housing.
05:06
One, Sam, three, or your status.
05:09
Simple.
05:11
Never.
05:13
We can just get entertained. I can get the domestic info, which our phone turns on.
05:23
Somebody's available, can they meet me over by the basketball courts?
05:27
Yeah, where are we starting the track at?
05:32
My basketball courts at the housing on that trailer here I ended on.
05:39
Enforcement 2 status.
05:41
One, Sam, so you bond information?
05:44
I'm not today.
05:46
Tests. Good.
05:47
Good.
05:52
The corner of Windsor liner by the woods.
05:58
Lee has two valid warrants out of Peoria.
06:01
One is for driving while license, suspended, 1,500, 10% with the $75 fee.
06:07
The second one is the exact same.
06:10
They will. Should I...
06:12
Back off here at the corner of Windsor and lighter at the wood.
06:16
Is there a mark unit that can come sit in the auto parts lot in the back so if you see that you might just bed down?
06:25
Two, I'm on the other over there. I'm at 14th and brother.
06:30
Dad will say I'm 47 clear.
06:32
Super.
06:33
Just that creek that too, if he makes to that, you can either go north or take it south under Broadway, into the park.
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Location mentioned:
Near Broadway St, Pekin, IL 61554
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