Stray bullet hits house in Decatur drive-by

Central ILNewsChannel 20 / WCIA · Oct 5, 2026

Stray bullet hits house in Decatur drive-by

Police say a sedan chased a van and fired at it Monday morning; no one was hurt.

Decatur police say a sedan chased a van and fired shots at it Monday morning, NewsChannel 20 reports. No one was hit, but gunfire struck a house in the 500 block of West Sawyer. WCIA reports the call came in around 9:30 a.m. near Sawyer and Monroe.

Officers found spent shell casings in the 1800 block of North Edward Street. No one was in custody as of Monday afternoon.

Source: NewsChannel 20 · WCIA

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