Kankakee Police Arrest Bourbonnais Man Following Court Street Shooting

Kankakee City Police say a Bourbonnais Man is in custody following the shooting that happened on East Court Street Monday morning that left one person injured. According to a press release, detectives identified 28-year-old Dezuan S. Turner-Owens as the suspected shooter and was arrested Monday afternoon in Bourbonnais. It was just before ten Monday morning when ShotSpotter alerted city police to gunfire near East Court Street and North Rosewood Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a 39-year-man from Kankakee with gunshot wounds. He was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. A preliminary investigation indicates that an occupant of a car and a man on foot exchanged gunfire. Officers recovered a firearm and spent shell casings at the scene. They also found the vehicle believed to have been involved in the shooting. Turner-Owens was taken to the Jerome Combs Detention Center and charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon. City Police say the investigation remains on going and anyone with information about the shooting is encouraged to call the investigations division.