Law enforcement, vehicles and a charter bus line East McClure Street on Sunday. The bus, bringing protestors and alleged gang members from Galesburg, parked in front of a Kewanee councilman’s home. [Acquired photo]

***Mike Berry and Susan DeVilder contributed to this story.

Alleged gang members loaded into a bus on Sunday, Feb. 11 and drove from Galesburg to the Kewanee residence of a Galesburg prison warden, to protest one of their members being held in segregation there, according to police reports.

While the protesters got off the bus in front of Tyrone Baker’s residence, according to a news release from the Kewanee Police Department, they remained peaceful, listened to officer’s instructions and remained on public property throughout the call. Baker is not only the warden of the Galesburg prison but a member of the Kewanee City Council.

Protesters stand in front of Tyrone Baker’s home in the 400 block of East McClure Street. The protesters came to Kewanee to protest the segregation of a prisoner housed in the Galesburg prison. [Acquired photo]

The bus’s arrival on the scene Sunday afternoon, followed by law enforcement vehicles, worried and concerned residents in the 400 block of East McClure, with one resident calling the incident “scary.”

The police report of the incident, requested by The Kewanee Voice, reveals the travels of the bus from Galesburg to Galva and into Kewanee, with the Geneseo Police Department reporting that the “second in command at the Galesburg prison had received death threats as well.” The police report also reveals that the Illinois State Police was following the bus and reported that they were “allegedly behind the bus that had about 45 gang members on it.”

According to the police report, law enforcement escorted the bus through Kewanee until it was outside of city limits. The last entry on the report ends with the bus leaving Shell gas station in Annawan around 3:45 p.m.

The KPD said they continue to monitor the situation and has implemented additional patrols for the safety of Baker. Anyone with pertinent information or noticing suspicious activity is encouraged to contact the KPD at (309) 853-1911 or dial 911 in case of an emergency.