Peoria County State's Attorney's Office

Derrick S. Hall, 46, was found guilty of first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a weapon in connection with the shooting death of Latrista Warfield, 37, a year ago.

A Peoria man convicted of first-degree murder last month in a 2023 fatal shooting at a Center Bluff gas station has been sentenced to 73 years in prison.

An officer-involved shooting in Peoria’s East Bluff that resulted in the death of a 41-year-old man has been deemed justified by the Peoria County State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos.

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.

A 62-year-old Peoria man faces a first-degree murder charge for allegedly killing another man found inside a garage that had been set on fire last month.

A Peoria man has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for a 2023 shooting inside Big Al’s strip club in downtown Peoria that left a victim legally blind.

The second person arrested in connection with a home invasion that resulted in a shooting fatality will remain in custody ahead of his trial, and prosecutors intend to try a teen allegedly involved in the crime as an adult.

A third person has entered a guilty plea in connection with a foiled 2024 robbery in South Peoria that resulted in the fatal shooting of one of the robbers.

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 man was found guilty of first-degree murder Wednesday for shooting another man multiple times in the back at a Center Bluff gas station in 2023.