Overview
- Deputies stopped a vehicle just before 10 p.m. on the 1000 block of South Western Avenue in Peoria.
- As officers approached, a passenger ran and fired multiple rounds, striking a deputy twice.
- The deputy underwent surgery for multiple gunshot wounds and is in stable condition with a long recovery expected.
- Officers located the suspect, identified as 51-year-old Larry D. Bell, about two hours later in an abandoned building on the 1800 block of West Garden Street.
- Police recovered a handgun with a search warrant, found illegal drugs on Bell at the hospital after he suffered seizures, and later booked him on charges including attempted murder, armed violence, aggravated battery with a firearm, and possession of methamphetamine.