MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – A Marion man has been arrested for firing gunshots in towards a home.
Marion Police were called to the 1200 block of Lincoln Drive Tuesday for a report of shots fired. Responding officers obtained a description of a vehicle believed to be involved in the shooting and, a short time later, located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop.
The suspect, Xander Thorne, 18, jumped out of the vehicle and ran into a nearby home in the 1400 block of North Market Street. Police searched the home, found Thorne, and placed him under arrest without further incident.
Xander Thorne was taken to the Williamson County jail on charges of unlawful discharge of a firearm, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful use of a weapon without a F.O.I.D. card.
