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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.
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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.
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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.
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Peoria Police Chief Eric Echevarria tells WCBU that a person was found dead on Helen Street Thursday morning. The coroner was on the scene.
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Peoria police say three men were wounded in two separate shooting incidents Saturday, with one victim hospitalized in critical condition.
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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.
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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.
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One young person was killed and another was injured in a spate of shootings overnight on Peoria's south side.
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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.
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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.