PEORIA, Ill. –A suspect is now in custody in connection with a shooting that left a woman with a gunshot wound and four children nearby watching whole thing.
It was a 20-round ShotSpotter alert last Thursday in an area of South McArther Highway and Smith Street in Peoria.
On Friday, a little over a week since the shooting, Peoria Police have announced the arrest of 18-year-old Willie J. Irby Jr.
He currently faces a charge of Unlawful Use of a Firearm. Police say he was transported to the Peoria County Jail.
The victim in the case suffered what were described as “serious injuries”, but the woman’s updated condition is unknown.
If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521, tip411 (anonymously), or Crime Stoppers (anonymously) at (309) 673-9000.
