BACK. >> Only Cams provides body cam footage for transparency and educational purposes only. On September 30th, 2025, Peoria, Illinois. What started as a shooting in the heart of downtown quickly escalated into chaos. a crowd that turned against police. >> Officers had rushed to the 600 block of Main Street around 4:45 a.m. responding to reports of gunfire and a man down. >> Well, I'm going to be around downtown. People on the cameras are running in different directions. Start a few more cars. >> Where exactly are you at downtown? Oh, they're all running from the cameras in like front of the ID facility in diesel neon bison area from the neon bison area right now. If there's any more information or any calls here, >> we're getting a call right now. Trying to get more information. >> I'm follow this car for a second. I don't hear anybody yelling from where I'm at. Some people standing around. But when they arrived, they were met by a hostile crowd of more than 50 people. >> It's on its way. >> Watch out. Move. GET OUT OF THE WAY. GET OUT OF THE WAY. GET BACK. >> Get back. Still breathing. >> MOVE. I NEED IN HERE. >> MOVE. >> HEY, I got >> Let THE POLICE GET READY. >> WATCH OUT. GET OUT OF THE WAY. >> LET THE POLICE GET OUT OF THE WAY. OKAY. JUST GET BACK UP. You better get back. GET THE >> Get the Get him out. Get him. GET THE Get off. Go. >> Back up. Back up. >> We got you. WHEN YOU'RE ON ME, FOLKS. I would do >> I'm right here. I'm right here. >> YOU OKAY? I'M RIGHT HERE. >> Stop moving. >> They got you. Come on, man. Cuz they right here. THEY RIGHT HERE. HEY, they right here. >> Back up or we can't help your friend. >> Stop touching me, bro. >> Stop touching me, bro. Get your hands. >> Moments later, the scene erupted. Officers deploying tasers and making arrests. Yeah. Handcuff. >> We can't help him when you're in our >> got it killed, BRO. HOME JUST GOT SHOT, BRO. >> AND YOU'RE NOT HELPING HIM AT ALL. >> Get up there. Get those people away from them. Get in the car. Get them. They need help. They're surrounded. They are surrounded. Get them. >> Get down. Get down. Get down. >> I got it. Get the hands. >> Got it. >> Go ahead. >> Stop. Stop. Stop. >> Stop what he's doing. Stop. Stop it. Stop. Hey, stop it. Hey, stop me. Hey, please >> stop. Put your hands behind your back. >> Okay. Okay, bro. Okay, >> Idiot. >> I don't know. STOP. >> ROLL OVER. >> ROLL OVER. ME IN THE FACE. >> GOING ON. >> YOU KNOW WHAT? >> You think we can help YOUR FRIEND? YOU GODDAMN OVER HERE. >> HEY, get your leg off. >> Roll the over. >> I don't know what's going on. I didn't go. No, bro. Stop. >> Off all of you. >> GET OUT OF MY CRIME SCENE. >> I KNOW, BRO. >> I don't know what's going on. >> Stop. >> Get out of my crime scene now. Get out OF THE CRIME SCENE. >> GET OUT OF THE CRIME SCENE NOW. IT'S A CRIME SCENE. >> Back up. ALL RIGHT, HELP GET BACK. >> Back up. >> UP ON THE CURB NOW. BACK UP. >> This is a crime scene. Okay, >> back the [ __ ] up. ground. >> Go this way. >> Get off on the sidewalk now. Let's get some tape. >> Do you have some tape? >> Let's start getting perimeter set up. >> I don't have it. >> Back up. BACK UP. >> BACK UP. GET OUT OF MY FACE. >> It's all crunchy. Okay, back. I'LL BEAT YOU WITH THIS. WE GOT HIM. WE GOT OKAY. He okay >> now. Please get back. >> We need pepper ball. >> My car is way out. I can't run. >> I'll get it. I'll go get it. >> Hey, >> you got to back up. This is a crime scene. Okay. It's a back up on SIDEWALK NOW. >> NOW BACK UP. >> BACK UP. >> Back up. >> I'm telling you to listen. Okay. >> We can't help him with YOU GUYS BRINGING DOWN our necks. >> Get the up. Hey, stop her, MAN. >> THEY just hit me. BACK THE UP. >> HEY, GET HURT. >> GET HURT. BACK UP. ALL RIGHT. HELP. >> Are you okay? >> Get up. >> All right. Get off. >> I can't feel my leg. >> GET THE UP. WE HAVE OTHER TO DEAL WITH. >> I CAN'T FEEL MY LEG. >> GET OFF. >> I CAN'T FEEL MY LEG. >> Get in THE CAR. YOU WALK THE CAR. GET UP. >> GET OFF. >> DRINKING. >> I CAN'T FEEL my legs. I'VE BEEN DRINKING. >> GET IN THE CAR. >> STAY BACK. I got you. But that hurt my back. >> Roll this way. Roll this way. It's >> hurting my It's hurting. >> No, but I'm saying I haven't did anything though anyway though. >> Bro, hop up. >> I'm talking to you though. >> I understand, but it's not time to talk anymore. >> So, it's no wagon. Watch your step. Sit down. What are you doing? >> Sit down. >> I know how to sit down. Mother, >> where your foot? >> Let me see your cuffs. Turn around. >> Get over. >> I understand, but you can't find us while we're trying to help him. You guys are letting your emotions get the best of you and we're trying to help him. Let me stand up. Let me adjust your cuffs. Okay. And looking around when they put him in the ambulance. Okay. >> Come on. Stand up for me. Feel tight. >> My [ __ ] is tight, bro. >> That's handcuffed. >> Look, my [ __ ] >> I just adjusted him. Get in the car. >> I got a bruise over my >> Don't fight the police. >> I'm not fighting. >> You work. >> My is tight. >> I don't give a now. >> Uh, back to police. Resist police and obstruct police. >> Touch the police, you go to jail. >> She touched me. >> Oh, maybe you should listen to the police then. That's where the obstructing police comes into. No punches, bro. That's not okay. THAT LADY PUNCHED ME. THAT'S not cool. >> What happened? >> I literally only said stop. They were grabbing everybody and just running up doing anything. I said stop. The lady punched me for no reason. Do you see the knot on my head? >> The the blonde lady. The lady that I see punched me for no reason. We got to spin him. That's my family. >> The 24 year old victim was eventually taken to a local hospital where he remained in critical condition with a gunshot wound to his chest. Six people were arrested that night for obstructing officers and aggravated battery. >> The city later learned there was another victim. >> Did you guys see anything? >> I was out back. I didn't see nothing. >> Yeah. Me and Donnie were out here and I we saw people running. >> Hear anything? >> Heard the what I thought was them knocking on the window and I'm like knocking on the window. Then we see everybody running. We're like oh need to that shot. So I was like oh >> yeah I was out back in there. >> Yeah. What' you hear? How many shots you think was? >> I don't know. >> I know. I heard three of what I thought was knocked off. Do you know how many shots you thought you heard, Johnny? >> Three. That's what I thought. >> All right. >> Yeah. And then I then back I was like seeing some white car and another car go flying down street that way and uh >> past the red light. So I was like, "Oh, they >> as officers coming down the hill. Saw a car going Jesus up the hill." a black car. But then once they said we had a victim that was just like, "Okay, we'll deal with that later." >> A 29year-old man who arrived at the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. >> Both shootings are believed to be connected. >> That's all I can do. >> Days later, police arrested 29-year-old Adrien Morris, recovering multiple guns and charging him with aggravated battery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. In the end, a city was left shaken. One man fighting for his life, six arrested, and an entire community demanding answers. Downtown Peoria, where a single gunshot turned into confrontation, chaos, and a call for change. If you like content like this, please like and subscribe.