PEORIA, Ill. – Officials are releasing more details about a fatal Thanksgiving Day shooting in Peoria’s East Bluff Neighborhood.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says 18-year-old Matthew Smith was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center about a half-hour after Police first received a ShotSpotter alert around 11 a.m. Thursday in the 300 block of East Thrush Avenue.
Police have identified a suspect as 24-year-old Martarius J. McGee.
He’s described as a black male, about 6’1, 140 pounds, with long black hair with blonde tips, and having brown eyes.
McGee should be considered armed and dangerous and should not be approached.
Anyone with information is asked to call Peoria Police at (309) 673-4521, or Crime Stoppers at (309) 673-9000 anonymously.
