This local man has been saying "don't shoot" since 2007

... perhaps if he wrote a book, his community would give him a platform to spread his word. Grassroots movements can make a difference with a community that is suspicious of law enforcement. So what if a person is a little rough around the edges, they still might have something positive to bring to the table. There will be many times that the people who can help the most won't come wrapped up in a perfect, pretty, little package, but as far as this current situation goes... we need ALL HANDS ON DECK.

Take the guns from your sons - a local father's plea

Don't get me wrong, it's always good with the PPD takes a shooter off the streets. I'm looking forward to the days when we find the shooters who are killing people. Do you think it depends on the location you are in when you get shot?

Man arrested in shooting in City Hall parking lot

An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a shooting in the City Hall parking lot on Oct. 9.

Cory W. Bragg was booked shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday on two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm and damage to property.

On the night of the shooting, police had been dispatched at 11:57 p.m. to the Locker Room, 112 SW Jefferson Ave. An officer was flagged down after he arrived about shots being fired nearby in the 400 block of Fulton Street.

At least two people apparently had exchanged gunfire in the block after an under-21 party at the establishment. A 17-year-old girl was shot in the hand.

The vehicle the victim was sitting inside was hit twice - once in the driver's door and once in a rear passenger door. A window in the glass arcade of the Peoria Civic Center behind the parking lot also was shot out.Source