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PEORIA A dispute late Sunday at a South Peoria gas station led to a deadly shooting, according to police.
Officers were summoned about 11:30 p.m. to the Shell station at 200 N. MacArthur Highway, where the ShotSpotter gunfire-detection system indicated multiple rounds had been fired. Information officers gathered at the scene suggested the shots were fired following an altercation at the gas pumps, according to police spokeswoman Amy Dotson.
Afterward, a gunshot victim arrived at a Peoria hospital by private vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the hospital, according to Dotson. The Peoria County Coroner s Office was expected to reveal the victim s identity and details about how he died.
Pastor gives update on survivors of the crash.
PEORIA Laetitia Bolodjwa and Jonathan Bomolo left Africa two years ago to come to Peoria, where the two were raising seven children, their pastor said.
Two months ago, a fire forced the family from their apartment, said Pastor Joe Hawkins of Oasis Church. On Sunday, a two-car accident in Peoria claimed the lives of two of the children while sending their mother and five siblings to a Peoria hospital. This family has suffered much hardship throughout this past year and are now finding themselves in the midst of the unthinkable, Hawkins said in a post for a church fundraiser to help with the family s expenses.
Peoria police previously said foul play was not suspected.
Peoria Park District police found Rutherford s body while on routine patrol early Sunday morning on Lorentz Avenue, just north of the McClugage Bridge and at the foot of Grandview Drive.
He was found in a grassy area between the river and a paved parking lot, with an ATV nearby.
The incident remains under investigation by the Peoria Police Traffic Unit, Peoria Police Department spokeswoman Amy Dotson said on Monday.
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