Memphis, TN man arrested in Iroquois County

Weapons charges against a Tennessee man after shots fired at another vehicle on I-57 near Gilman.  31-year-old Dieon Kerr was arrested by Illinois State Police after a motorist reported his car was shot at while he drove Friday afternoon on the interstate.  The victim told dispatchers a man in a black Nissan pointed a gun at his car and fired at least one shot.  No one was injured.  Troopers located the suspect-car at a gas station off the exit at Bourbonnais Parkway.  A female passenger and a child were in the car.  Polcie also located a loaded gun in the vehicle.  Kerr was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a firearm by a felon, child endangerment and driving with a suspended license.  Kerr was jailed in Iroquois County.

The female passenger, Jessica Fields of Memphis, TN was also charged with child endangerment. 

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