A 16-year-old is facing charges after police say he led them on a chase while driving a stolen vehicle Sunday afternoon.
Joesaiah Marquez Armstrong, of Newton, Iowa, faces charges of possession of a firearm by a felon and eluding. Both charges are a Class D felony each punishable by up to five years in prison. Court records show that bond was set Monday morning at $5,000 cash-only. He will be arraigned September 24th.
Davenport Police say just before 3:00 Sunday afternoon, officers were called to Genesis West for a teen boy who was being treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg.
Officers got a description of the vehicle, identified in court records as a black 2013 Kia Sportage, that dropped the teen off at the hospital. Investigators say just before 4:15, officers located the car and tried to stop it in the area of 16th and Vine Street.
The vehicle, which was driven by Armstrong, did not stop, according to arrest affidavits filed in his case. According to a media release, officers chased the car to the 200 block of West 31st Street and four people ran from the car. Police say three of the four were immediately apprehended.
Police said in the release charges are pending against two male teenagers and one female teenager. Two handguns, a Sig Sauer .380 automatic handgun and a Smith and Wesson .357 revolver, were found in the vehicle, according to the affidavits.
Investigators say witnesses told officers that Armstrong and others in the car were handling the firearms. Armstrong is an adjudicated juvenile on a felony conviction out of Scott County as of February 2018 and is prohibited for owning or possessing a firearm or ammunition, according to court documents.
Police said in the release that preliminary information indicated that the gunshot wound the teen suffered was unintentionally self-inflicted. The car was reported stolen from the 1100 block of East Garfield Street early Sunday. Detectives are following up on the incident.