Peoria Police investigating overnight homicide
PEORIA, Ill. (HOI) Peoria Police are investigating the city s eighth homicide of the year.
Peoria Police Spokeswoman Amy Dotson says two shotspotter alerts of multiple rounds fired came in at the MacArthur Shell in the 200 block of North MacArthur Highway around 11:30 PM.
Dotson adds preliminary information indicates there was an altercation at the gas pumps, and shots were fired.
Officers were later told a gunshot victim, an adult male, arrived by private vehicle at a local hospital.
He was later pronounced dead. His identity and cause of death will be released by the Coroner following an autopsy.