A Braidwood man is in custody after allegedly shooting at an acquaintance who was wearing a bullet-proof vest at the time on Friday evening,

An officer responding to a disturbance at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet was almost struck by a pair of scissors and while other officers recovered a handgun in a separate incident, police said. 

A Joliet man was granted pretrial release in a case where he’s charged with unlawful possession of a gun that an 8-year-old child allegedly used in a May 15 shooting that wounded a 5-year-old child.