One charged with attempted murder after attack, shots fired
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">HARRISBURG – Harrisburg Police Department arrested one person Monday night after neighbors reported shots fired and a man was found injured from an attack on West Homer Street, Chief David Morris said.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Morris said his department, Illinois State Police, the Saline County Sheriff's Department and Eldorado Police Department arrived at 109 W. Homer St., where officers found a man with lacerations and contusions to his head.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">"He actually wasn't shot at all," Morris said. "He had been beaten. He was transferred to Deaconess and this morning, last I knew, he was in stable condition."
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Police arrested a juvenile suspect, who was charged with attempted murder, Morris said. He said two others are considered persons of interest in the incident.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">"There were one or two more people we looked for last night, but we couldn't find them," Morris said.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Morris praised neighbors for their assistance.
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">"I want to thank the citizens who reported the problems and stepped up as witnesses," he said. "They were a big help to our police officers, instead of sitting back and not doing a thing. The witnesses helped us unbelievably last night."
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Besides HPD officers who responded, Morris thanked ISP, ISP's Crime Lab technician on the scene, Saline County Sheriff's Department and Eldorado Police Department for their response to the incident.