PEORIA, Ill. – A Peoria County grand jury has affirmed the adult First-Degree Murder charge a teen faces following a shooting death last month.
The grand jury filed the murder charge Tuesday against Jared Williams, 17.
That shooting claimed the life of Mason Loy, 21, of Havana.
Williams remains held in juvenile custody, but on $1.5 million bond.
He will be arraigned Thursday afternoon.
Loy’s death was the 17th homicide in Peoria this year.
