PEORIA, Ill. — Peoria Police were called early Friday morning to the area of W. Wiswall Street and W. Lincoln Avenue on reports of a person on fire.
PPD Spokesperson Semone Roth says officers arrived around 2:20 a.m., finding a man unresponsive and not breathing. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Peoria Fire Department put out the fire.
The cause and manner of death will be released by the Peoria County coroner.
PPD’s Criminal Investigations Division and Crime Scene Unit has initiated an investigation.
Anyone with information on this case, is asked to contact Peoria Police at (309) 673-4521, Crime Stoppers (anonymous) at (309) 673-9000, or use Tip411.
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