Shots Fired, Joliet Police Arrest Ex-Convict From Chase Avenue

JOLIET, IL — Demetrius Greene, a 37-year-old Joliet man who spent time in prison for killing a Joliet Public School District 86 employee during a wrong-way crash in January 2018, was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with a shooting incident, according to Joliet police.

Greene was booked into the Will County Jail on Sunday morning on charges of possessing a gun by a convicted felon, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, having no FOID, unlawful possession of ammunition and a parole violation warrant.

Joliet police learned of gunshots being fired around 12:25 a.m. Sunday near Chase and Henderson Avenues, which is near Greene's house in the 700 block of Chase Avenue. Joliet officers saw Greene walking in the area and "officers observed a handle of a handgun protruding from Greene’s waistband," according to police reports.

At the east side neighborhood, Joliet police searched Greene for weapons and found a loaded handgun in his possession, police said.

However, Greene did not immediately go to the Will County Jail at the time of his arrest. First, he was taken to Silver Cross Hospital.

"Officers summoned a Joliet Fire Department ambulance for Greene as he was under the influence of an unknown substance," Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne English stated. "He was transported to Silver Cross Hospital for treatment and then transported to the Will County Adult Detention Facility upon release from the hospital."

In June 2019, Joliet Patch published a story on Greene headlined: "Wrong Way Driver Gets Prison For Killing Joliet Motorist."

Around dinner time, on Jan. 10, 2018, Greene blew a red light at the busy intersection of Black Road and Larkin Avenue as he was driving the wrong way against traffic. Greene caused a six-vehicle pileup and the death of one of the motorists he struck, long-time Joliet Public School District 86 substitute teacher Martyn Flowers, 56.

Joliet Patch reported in 2019 that Greene was now serving an eight-year prison sentence after recently pleading guilty to charges of reckless homicide and failure to report an accident involving injury or death. To read that article, go here.