(PEORIA, IL) Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at approximately 7:54 a.m. Peoria Police responded to the 500 block of E. Illinois on a call of a person shot.
When officers arrived, they located an adult male with an apparent gunshot wound.
The
victim was immediately transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Members of the Peoria Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) Crime Scene Unit (CSU) and Patrol Unit responded to the scene and initiated an investigation.
This incident is under investigation. There is currently no suspect information.
If you have any information regarding this incident or any violent crimes, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
**All suspects and arrestees are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. *