Chief: Teen accused of firing shots near Manual H.S. had been suspended from school

PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria has released more details concerning a shots fired incident outside Manual High School Friday.

A 15-year-old boy is in the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center charged with weapons charges, including aggravated discharge of a firearm, as well as criminal damage to property.

Officers responded to a call of four shots fired in the area of Wiswall and Griswold around 2:23 p.m.

Echevarria said the teen had been suspended from Manual High School earlier in the day and later returned to school grounds with a firearm and fired multiple rounds, striking the building itself.

Echevarria said based on what is known currently from the investigation, there is no indication the boy was aiming at people, only the school building.

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