Suspect captured in December Peach Street shooting

Posted on January 19, 2018

*Willie Dawson is accused of hiring a handgun at a group of people on Bloomington’s east side on December 23. (Bloomington Police Department photo)*

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Authorities believe they’ve solved a shooting that happened just before Christmas on Bloomington’s east side.

Bloomington Police say the department’s Street Crime Division, aided by a police dog, and the U.S. Marshals Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested Willie Dawson, 33, Friday in the 300 block of S. Western Ave.

The Bloomington man is accused of shooting a handgun towards a group of people in the 1900 block of Peach St. on December 23.

Police say Dawson faces multiple counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied vehicle and several other weapons charges related to a prior felony conviction.

A McLean County Jail officer says Dawson is required to post a $40,750 cash bond to be released while he awaits trial.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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