SOUTH PEKIN, Ill. – Two 21-year-old men have been identified as the victims in a fatal shooting in South Pekin early Thursday morning.
Tazewell County Coroner Charles Hanley says the victims are Chase Rhodes of Pekin and Dawson Reese of rural Pekin.
Autopsies for both are scheduled for Friday.
21-year-old Memphis Rue has been charged with First Degree Murder in connection to the shooting deaths of Rhodes and Reese.
The shooting occurred at around 4:45 A.M. at a house on Illinois Route 29, just north of County Road 11000 North.
The shooting remains under investigation by the Tazewell County Sheriff’s and Coroner’s Offices and Illinois State Police.
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