PEORIA A $1 million arrest warrant was issued for a Peoria man in connection with a 2018 fatal shooting in South Peoria.
But Peoria police will not have to look hard for Lionell Harris, 28, because he s serving a seven-year prison term at Illinois River Correctional Center in a 2019 Peoria County weapons case.
It wasn t clear when Harris would return to Peoria County to face the allegation that he shot and killed Daryl Keller in the 200 block of Sand Street on Nov. 19, 2018.
Peoria police received a call shortly after 1 p.m. that day in 2018 about a shooting at Sand Street and Percy Baker Jr. Avenue, formerly Third Street, according to Journal Star archives.
PEORIA Two minors were arrested here this week in connection with the death of a Peoria teen during a botched robbery last month at a gun store in Galesburg.
One of the teens, 17, was arrested on Tuesday, while the other, 15, was arrested on Thursday. Both were initially taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center, according to Peoria police spokeswoman Amy Dotson.
Galesburg police Chief Russ Idle said the teens are facing charges of burglary and first-degree murder in connection with the Jan. 6 incident at Galesburg Guns and Ammo.
The boys are charged under the state s felony murder provision, which holds that they are legally responsible for 17-year-old Daryl Keller s death even though they didn t shoot him.
February 26, 2021
Two minors were arrested in Peoria this week in connection with the death of a Peoria teen during a botched robbery last month at Galesburg Guns and Ammo. The incident happened on January 6th. One of the teens, 17, was arrested on Tuesday, while the other, 15, was arrested on Thursday. Police spokeswoman Amy Dotson said both were initially taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center. Galesburg Police Chief Russ Idle said the teens are facing charges of burglary and first-degree murder in connection with the incident at Galesburg Guns and Ammo. The boys are charged under the state’s felony murder provision, which holds that they are legally responsible for 17-year-old Daryl Keller’s death even though they didn’t shoot him. It was the shop owner who fired several shots at the group of teens who allegedly broke into the business late at night. Last month, State’s Attorney Jeremy Karlin said if someone is killed while a forcible felony is being com