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One Killed, One Injured in South Peoria Shooting

Peoria Public Radio

One man is dead and another seriously injured after a shooting in South Peoria early Thursday morning.

The Peoria Police Department responded to the 2200 block of W. Wiswall around 2:15 a.m. on a ShotSpotter report of 11 rounds fired.

Police officers found two men with gunshot wounds inside a house. Both were taken to an area hospital. One man was shot multiple times and pronounced dead a short time later.

A second man suffered a serious but non-life threatening injury, police said.

There is no suspect information at this time.

This is the 13th recorded homicide in Peoria in 2019.

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Tim Shelley is the News Director at WCBU Peoria Public Radio.