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Posted on: September 26, 2023

9/26/23 Armed Robbery

(PEORIA, IL) Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at approximately 12:28 a.m. Peoria Police were dispatched to the 2200 block of N. Central on a report of an armed robbery.
When officers arrived, they located an adult male who told police he was approached by four...
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Posted on: September 26, 2023

9/26/23 Aggravated UUW/Armed Robbery

(PEORIA, IL) Monday, September 25, 2023, at approximately 2:15 p.m. members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID) observed a wanted subject at a business in the 600 block of W. Main. The wanted subject identifie...
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Posted on: September 26, 2023

9/26/23 UUW/Aggravated Discharge/Flee Elude

(PEORIA, IL) Tuesday, September 26, 2023, at approximately 2:12 a.m. Peoria Police responded to a call regarding a U-Haul driving through yards and shots being fired from the vehicle in the 2400 block of Camille.
A short time later, officers located the U-...
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Posted on: September 25, 2023

9/25/23 Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Resisting

(PEORIA, IL) Sunday, September 24, 2023, at approximately 1:44 a.m. Peoria Police observed a wanted subject sitting inside a parked vehicle in the 2200 block of W. Humboldt.
When officers approached the vehicle they placed the male driver, identified as 35...
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Posted on: September 25, 2023

9/25/23 Aggravated Battery w/Firearm

(PEORIA, IL) Saturday, September 23, 2023, at approximately 12:53 p.m. Peoria Police responded to the 900 block of S. Warren on a Shot Spotter alert of two rounds fired. Seconds later, a second Shot Spotter alert came in indicating ten rounds fired from t...
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Posted on: September 22, 2023

9/22/23 Homicide

(PEORIA, IL) Friday, September 22, 2023, at approximately 6:56 p.m. Peoria Police were called to the 1600 block of N. Great Oak Road regarding a person shot.
When officers arrived, they located a male juvenile down with apparent gunshot wounds. 
Th...
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Posted on: September 22, 2023

9/22/23 Aggravated Discharge

(PEORIA, IL) Thursday, September 21, 2023, at approximately 7:17 p.m. Peoria Police were dispatched to the 700 block of E. Lasalle on a Shot Spotter alert of 7 rounds fired. While en route, multiple other Shot Spotter alerts were coming in.
The second Shot...
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Posted on: September 21, 2023

Chief Eric Echevarria Provides Update to Community Regarding Anti-Violence Initiative 2023

(Peoria, IL) – On Wednesday, September 20, 2023, local law enforcement officers conducted another Directed Patrol Detail. This detail included members of the Peoria Police Department’s Special Investigations Division (SID), Patrol Oper...
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Posted on: September 15, 2023

‘Welcome to Peoria’ sign debuts at the City’s southern entrance

Southern Gateway Sign

Day or night, “Welcome to Peoria” will be the first thing people traveling along SW Adams Street will see thanks to a newly erected sign along the City’s southern corridor.

Located on SW Adams Street between S Oregon Street an...

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