Peoria gun violence

Former Peoria Community Against Violence CEO Becky Rossman doesn’t want to see families of gun violence victims left without a place to turn. The non-profit victims’ services organization ceased operations on Nov. 30, after it was unable to close a $300,000 funding gap.

Peoria police say a juvenile male has died after a shooting Friday night in the 1600 block of North Great Oak Road. The shooting death marks Peoria’s 20th homicide of 2023, and the second in four days.

Mayor Rita Ali says she believes the late-summer spike in violence is part of a phenomenon happening across the country, and that Peoria is a safe city. In this month's regular conversation with WCBU, Ali talks about responding to the recent surge of violent crime, and why Peoria is seeing a wave of incidents in late summer.

Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria tells WCBU that a person was found dead on Helen Street Thursday morning. The coroner was on the scene.

Peoria police say three men were wounded in two separate shooting incidents Saturday, with one victim hospitalized in critical condition.

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.

Peoria police responded to the intersection of Richwoods Boulevard and Molleck Drive shortly after 10 p.m. Monday for reports of a man shot in the leg. They discovered a juvenile unresponsive in the 3100 block of Molleck. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

One young person was killed and another was injured in a spate of shootings overnight on Peoria's south side.

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.

The first of two shootings early Sunday left one man in stable, but critical condition. No arrests have been made and no suspect information is available.