After Wild 105 MPH Interstate Chase, Teen Who Plotted Shooting Captured: Grundy Sheriff

MINOOKA — Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley issued a Facebook press release on Tuesday revealing that Monday night's chase topping 105 mph resulted in the capture of a Joliet 17-year-old who had a loaded stolen gun and had revealed plans to shoot someone. The chase began in Morris, headed to Shorewood and ended in Minooka.

At 10:19 p.m., Briley said, Grundy County learned that the 17-year-old was driving to Joliet or Minooka to shoot an unknown male in connection with an incident earlier that day. He said the teen also had a stolen gun, and had stolen a vehicle from a business in Peru.

The Illinois State Police tried to stop the vehicle in the Ottawa area, but the teenager sped away, according to police.

By 10:30 p.m., Grundy deputies and Morris police were alerted that the teenager was driving recklessly on Route 6 by the Arby's in Morris. A sheriff's deputy spotted the vehicle on Bedford Road near Lisbon Road and a pursuit began, the sheriff's agency said.

The pursuit began on Interstate 80 east from Morris and went into the Shorewood area after heading north on I-55. The fleeing teenager turned on Ridge Road and drove south back toward Grundy County, and a Minooka police officer put down spike strips near Ridge and Midpoint roads and managed to deflate the tires, Grundy County officials said.

Eventually, the police stopped the disabled vehicle on Ridge Road at Mondamin Road, and the Joliet 17-year-old was arrested. A loaded .38-caliber handgun was recovered, the sheriff said.

The teen is now held in the LaSalle County Juvenile Detention Center on several charges including aggravated fleeing from police, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, driving in the wrong lane, reckless driving and speeding 105 mph in a 45-mph zone.