Ann Street Gunman Fires Into Air After Social Media Dispute: PD

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Department issued a Friday night press release to reveal that 25-year-old citizen Travoccia W. Dillard was put in the Will County Jail on charges of reckless discharge of a gun in connection with the early afternoon west-side shelter-in place near Black Road.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., Joliet officers were dispatched to the 900 block of Ann Street for a report of a neighbor discharging a gun into the air. Upon arrival, officers learned the incident stemmed from a neighbor dispute in which the suspect went outside and fired one round into the air.

According to Joliet police spokesman Tizoc Landeros, a Joliet resident was visiting someone in the 900 block of Ann Street. The Joliet resident had been involved in a dispute through social media with Dillard. Dillard retrieved a gun from his residence and fired a shot in the air before retreating inside and changing his clothing, Landeros said.

After officers called Dillard out of the residence, he exited with his girlfriend while holding his infant child. Dillard was taken into custody and taken to the Joliet Police Department, where he denied firing a gun earlier in the day.

Evidence of a gun discharge was located in the 900 block of Ann Street. Dillard was processed and subsequently transported to the WCADF without incident, Landeros noted.