Incident

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9-29-2024 Illinois Peoria 1-1

Location

September 29, 2024

Cityscape apartment complex
601 W Romeo B Garrett Ave
Peoria, Illinois

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Torres Lamar Johnson II
Age: 10
Age Group: Child 0-11
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Maurice D Sargent
Age: 33
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Child Involved Incident
Child killed (not child shooter)
Drug involvement
Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person

Notes

suspect and woman trying to sell cannabis to 2 juveniles; juveniles attempted robbery, fled; Sargent fired at fleeing juveniles, hit uninvolved 10 yo boy walking in hallway w/ 12 yo brother; 10 yo died 30 min later;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/police-investigating-sunday-night-shooting-at-south-peoria-apartment-complex/

URL: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/he-was-just-playing-outside-says-peoria-mayor-of-boy-who-was-killed-sunday/

URL: https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/crime/2024/10/02/man-arrested-charged-in-murder-of-10-year-old-torres-l-johnson-ii/75488570007/

URL: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/10/03/state-files-petition-hold-suspect-peoria-child-murder/

District

Congressional District: 17
State Senate District: 46
State House District: 92