Freeport police recover 9mm handgun after suspect hides in Buick

FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Police in Freeport arrested a man they say opened fire on a vehicle after engaging in a verbal argument with the occupant.

According to the Freeport Police Department, Demetrius Henry, 41, was found hiding in the back seat of a Buick that was parked in the 1200 block of S. Carroll after officers responded to an alert from the city’s Sound Thinking gunshot detection system.

Investigators said Henry, who lives in University Park, and the occupant of a white SUV were engaged in a “verbal altercation” both before and after the shot was fired…

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