Gun Violence

Tazewell County Sheriff Jeffrey Lower said Illinois State Police arrested Scott Tyler Benway, 39, on Monday and took him to the Tazewell County Jail.

It's not clear if any of the three shooting incidents within a two-hour timespan Sunday evening are related. Police are urging the public to come forward with information, photos and video related to any of the incidents.

Coroner Jamie Harwood said Marnelius Alexander, 23, of Peoria, was pronounced dead at 11:45 p.m. Thursday. Harwood said Alexander died of a gunshot wound to the chest and died instantly.

The Peoria County Sheriff's Office reports one of its deputies was shot several times during a traffic stop Saturday night and is hospitalized with serious injuries.

Police said detectives spotted the suspect in the 600 block of E. Maywood Ave. on Thursday. He was captured and taken into custody after a brief foot chase.

Peoria Police said officers took Reginald Flemister-Tolson, 23, into custody on Wednesday on preliminary charges of home invasion, armed robbery, and aggravated battery with a firearm.

"If they’re not making any guns, what are they doing with the license?” said Josh Sugarmann, executive director at the Violence Policy Center.

Officers were called to the 3200 block of North Isabell around 8:18 p.m. Sunday after a report that a man had been shot inside a car.

Neither the alleged shooter nor the victim are Bradley students, but were guests of a university student.

Authorities say a 54-year-old man has died from his self-inflicted gunshot wound during a “domestic situation” in Woodford County that left the man’s girlfriend seriously injured.