2023 Peoria homicides

A Peoria woman seeking compassionate release from jail ahead of her murder trial will wait until later this month for a decision.

A Peoria Police Department spokesperson said officers responded around 8:45 p.m. Monday to a five-round ShotSpotter alert in the 2000 block of North Gale Avenue.

Peoria Police officers responded to the 1800 block of South Westmoreland Avenue and found the victim with apparent gunshot wounds inside a vehicle that had crashed into a utility pole.

A 14-year-old faces a second-degree murder charge after the death of a Peoria man who was allegedly struck in the head with a brick or piece of concrete.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 50-year-old Tony Collier died Monday morning from the severe blunt force head trauma he suffered in the incident last Wednesday.

A Peoria woman arrested over the weekend in connection with a fatal stabbing was charged with first-degree murder Monday in Peoria County Circuit Court.

Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the drowning of a Peoria woman last week is now under investigation as a homicide.

A Peoria teenager who was shot in the head last Saturday has died from his injuries.

A Bloomington woman is dead after a shooting Wednesday afternoon on Peoria's South Side.