The Mt. Vernon Police Department has arrested a 33-year-old Mt. Vernon man for aggravated discharge of a firearm and arson following a Thursday morning incident in the 1100 block of Welkins Street.
Deaaron Rudd was arrested following an investigation into the incident in the 1100 block of Welkins where they found a house shot and evidence of a fire that had been attempted to be started to an outbuilding. Rudd is currently on parole from the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Police say following an investigation by patrol officers and detectives Rudd was apprehended at South 12th and Prairie at 4:16 Wednesday afternoon. As part of the investigation, search warrants were conducted at other locations to recover evidence.
There were no injuries in the incident.
