***UPDATE*** 4/15/21 3 P.M.
The other gunshot victim has died.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said 27-year-old Brian Bruce, Jr. succumbed Thursday afternoon at 12:20 to his injuries at OSF St. Francis.
Harwood said an autopsy will be conducted, but his death is being investigated as a homicide.
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UPDATE 12:18 p.m. – According to Public Information Officer Amy Dotson, one man is dead and another is in critical condition.
Peoria Police Department spokesperson Amy Dotson said officers were called to the 600 block of West Corrington at around 4:40 p.m. Monday for a ShotSpotter alert of multiple rounds and another call in the 400 block of West Wilcox for victims.
Both victims were found inside a residence on Wilcox. One man was pronounced dead at the scene and another was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, according to Dotson.
Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood has identified the victim as 25-year-old Demarcus Ferrell of Peoria.
An autopsy showed Ferrell suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his extremities and torso, and died instantly.
The incident remains under investigation.
Peoria Police are asking anyone with information regarding this incident, including business/residential camera footage that may be important to this investigation, to contact the Peoria Police Department at (309) 673-4521 or CrimeStoppers anonymously at (309) 673-9000.
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PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police are on the scene of a shooting involving multiple victims at the intersection of Wilcox and North, according to scanner traffic.
Police responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the area around 4:40 p.m.
Police are on the scene. This story will be updated with more information as it is provided.
