Shoot outs in Peoria neighborhoods continues

North Peoria Shooting Leaves One Man Dead
Wed, Dec 15, 2010

A lunch-hour shooting in North Peoria claims the life of a Peoria man. The Peoria County Coroner has not released the victim's identity.

Police say he was shot in the head while driving through a neighborhood.

Police say they were called to traffic accident in the 3700 block on Vinton Street, while en route they received calls of shots fired.

When they arrived they found a white sedan with the back window shot out, crashed into a parked car sitting in a front yard.

Captain Mike Scally says two cars were exchanging shots. The other car has not been located. There was a female passenger in the car that was transported to the hospital with minor injuries. Police are still investigating the shooting, but do not believe it is related to other recent shootings.

Pedestrian escapes shots that strike house

Tues Dec 14, 2010

One man barely escaped several bullets Tuesday night during a shooting that also left bullet holes near a child's bed in South Peoria. One bullet apparently passed over a child's bed and into the kitchen, where it hit a table and chair. Other bullets lodged in the interior wall of the bedroom and in an upstairs hallway. Other residents in the neighborhood told police the shooters were seen with an assult rifle.