We. Are. Peoria (Area)

One man is dead after a shooting Sunday night on Peoria’s East Bluff, police said. Officers were called to the 300 block of East Arcadia Avenue just before 7:50 p.m. for the shooting, said Semone Roth of the Peoria Police Department. She said they found a man with a gunshot wound inside a home. The ...

Less than a week later, the city’s 21st homicide of the year: PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — The Peoria Police Department has confirmed that a woman is dead after a shooting incident around 5:30 p.m. near Republic Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Peoria on Sunday. Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria called the...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A 22-year-old man was shot and killed early Monday morning in Far North Peoria, marking the city’s 20th homicide of the year . The man was killed shortly after midnight in the 8900 block of North Scrimshaw Drive. That’s a road off Wood Sage which is about a half-mile north of t...

Update: the boy was only 10, not 12. A 12-year-old boy is dead after a Sunday night shooting, said Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood. The coroner confirmed the boy’s death after he was pronounced dead at 8:01 p.m. in the OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center trauma room. According to Semone ...

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PEORIA (25News Now) - A 36-year-old man is dead after a late Wednesday shooting in Peoria, and authorities are investigating his death as a homicide. Peoria Police said just before midnight, officers found the man in the roadway at the intersection of West John Gwynn Jr. Avenue and North Merriman Co...

Peoria’s latest homicide is especially gut wrenching. A 1-month-old baby boy was left to die in a hot vehicle, while the mother was high on cocaine: UPDATE (3:30 p.m.) — When police arrived on North Peoria Avenue and saw a dead baby lying on a grassy lawn, they noticed the mother was acting “erratic...

Murder-suicide today. Do we count this as one homicide, or two? 16th/17th of the year in Peoria. Homicide/Suicide PPD Incident #24-19850 (PEORIA, IL) Sunday, September 15, 2024, at approximately 2:16 p.m. Peoria Police were dispatched to the 2200 block of N. Flora on a welfare check. When officers a...

Make it 3 this week. Peoria’s 15 homicide of the year: PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A second man is dead after a shooting in Peoria on Wednesday. According to the Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood, 31-year-old Jamarcus F. Walker, of Port Gibson, Mississippi, was pronounced brain dead at 4:09 p.m. on Frid...

2 days later, Peoria’s 14th homicide of the year: PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A 20-year-old woman is dead after a shooting that occurred near Griswold and Latrobe Streets on Friday. According to Peoria police spokeswoman Semone Roth, officers responded to the area after receiving a report of a person bein...