UPDATE: Peoria Police confirm a man was shot at the Hollow Creek Apartments in the 4200 block of W. Hollow Creek just before 10 p.m. Saturday.
Public Information Officer Amy Dotson said a black SUV was seen in the area at the time of the shooting.
Two men, 20-year-old Braydon Bunting and 19-year-old Jajuan Otto were in the black SUV.
They were allegedly meeting another individual near the apartments for a drug transaction.
20-year-old Austin Thomason was in the second vehicle.
The occupants of the black SUV, including the shooting victim, attempted to rob Thomason, who then fired on the SUV.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in the black SUV.
He suffered at least one gunshot wound to the upper body and was pronounced deceased at the hospital, Dotson said.
Police processed the crime scene in the parking lot of the apartment complex, where the man is believed to have been shot.
Thomason was apprehended, interviewed, and subsequently arrested for first degree murder, but charges were reduced Monday afternoon.
Thomason now faces two counts of unlawful possession and intent to distribute marijuana and one charge of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.
Bunting and Otto were initially arrested for first degree murder and armed robbery, but charges against them were reduced to attempted aggravated robbery.
Thomason remains in custody at the Peoria County Jail on $75,000 bond.
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PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police responded to the 4200 Block of West Hollow Creek Saturday night after reports of shots being fired in the area.
One victim, an adult male, suffered at least one gunshot wound to his upper body and later died in a local hospital.
A crime scene was later discovered in the parking lot area of the 4200 Block of West Hollow.
Once they arrived to the scene, dispatchers informed police a victim of a shooting arrived at a local hospital via private vehicle.
The investigation as of Sunday morning was ongoing, and there was no suspect at that time.
