UPDATED 3:23 p.m.
PEORIA, Ill. – Peoria Police are investigating the city’s 15th homicide of 2022.
Just after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Peoria Police responded to a Shot Spotter alert of 4 rounds fired on W. Kettelle Street.
Peoria Public Information Officer Semone Roth said officers located a male victim with an apparent gunshot wound. Officers immediately started life saving measures.
AMT and the Peoria Fire Department arrived on scene and took over lifesaving measures. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood identifies the victim as Julius Payton, 49, whose residence is near the area of the shooting. Preliminary autopsy results indicate Payton suffered “multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body.”
Peoria Police are investigating.
If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact PPD Detective Allen at (309) 494-8367, Tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
