2022 Peoria homicides

A 26-year-old Peoria man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for an Independence Day 2022 shooting that killed one person and injured another at the former Taft Homes residential complex.

A 21-year-old Peoria man has been sentenced to 80 years in prison for a 2022 shooting that took the life of a 15-year-old boy.

A Peoria infant's death by fentayl intoxication is under investigation as a homicide.

Shamari Williams, 27, was charged with the murder of Emmori Green. The toddler had several internal injuries, including brain bleeding, liver lacerations, and bruises to her lungs and pancreas.

Judge Kevin Lyons sentenced Robert A. White to 55 years in prison for killing Daniella Jackson, 33, and shooting Levi Conway, 44. Lyons ordered the sentences to be served consecutively.

A Peoria man has been found guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in a 2022 New Year’s Day shooting.

In a conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria discusses the year-to-year reduction in homicides and gun crimes, and the department's efforts to continue those downward trends.

In her latest wide-ranging monthly conversation with WCBU reporter Joe Deacon, Peoria Mayor Rita Ali discusses the significant progress made by the police department in reducing violent crime.

Domonicue Linwood, 24, was arrested Thursday in a traffic stop at Abington and Jefferson in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Jamarion Lee on W. Adrian G. Hinton Avenue.

Peoria police responded to a house in the 2800 block of W. Montana after a 911 caller reported a burglary in progress and shots fired.