CARBONDALE (WQRL/WISH/WMCL) – A Chicago man is facing charges after being involved in a vehicle and foot chase Wednesday morning in Carbondale.
According to Carbondale Police, officers responded to the 300 block of East Walnut Street in reference to a report of a man with a gun around 10:50 a.m.
When officers arrived, the suspect entered the passenger seat of a black Cadillac which fled the scene. Officers pursued the vehicle until it briefly stopped in the 900 block of East Grand Avenue and the passenger, later identified as 29-year-old Kadeem L. Hunter of Chicago, fled from the vehicle while carrying a firearm. The driver of the vehicle continued to flee and was last seen heading north on Lewis Lane. Officers arrested Hunter after a foot chase and recovered the firearm.
Hunter is lodged in the Jackson County Jail on charges of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon and Resisting a Peace Officer.
