Galesburg, Ill.- The Galesburg Police Department is investigating a pair of shooting incidents that occurred Sunday, May 28th.
According to a news release, on May 28th at about 8:20 AM, Galesburg Police Officers responded to a call of earlier damage to property at 238 West Fremont Street.
On arrival, the complainant advised officers, that sometime during the night they had heard several loud bangs; however, at that time they did not discover anything out of the ordinary.
The complainant then advised officers that upon waking up they had discovered holes in their front door along with shattered glass. During the investigation into this incident, officers located a shell casing and bullet fragments at the scene confirming that shots had been fired at the house during the night.
Later, at about 10:20 AM on May 28th, officers were dispatched to a disturbance at 468 East Grove Street.
The caller had advised that there was a subject parked in the driveway wearing a black mask and refused to give any additional information. A short time after the first call, officers were advised that shots had been fired in the area of 468 East Grove and that there was now a victim of a gunshot at 987 Greenleaf Street.
The investigation confirmed that the gunshot victim had been shot on East Grove and had fled the shooting scene.
The investigation into the two incidents has revealed that they are related and that they are both isolated.
The investigation into both shootings is ongoing and police advise that they have identified persons of interest and arrest warrants are pending.
