UPDATE 9:00 AM:
PEORIA, Ill. – A woman has died after being shot and crashing her vehicle into a Peoria business Monday afternoon.
Peoria Police say officers were called to the 600 block of South Western Avenue around 1:20 p.m. for a report of shots fired. While officers were responding, they learned a vehicle had crashed into City Market in the same block and that someone inside may have been shot.
Police found an adult woman inside the vehicle with at least one gunshot wound. She was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was pronounced dead a short time later.
Investigators later identified an initial crime scene in the 1900 block of West Antoinette Street.
Police have not released any information about a possible suspect.
The Peoria County Coroner will release the woman’s identity and cause of death.
The shooting remains under investigation.
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PEORIA, Ill. (25News Now) – Peoria Police are investigating a midday shooting that left a woman with serious injuries.
Officers were called just before 1:20 p.m. Monday to the 1900 block of Antoinette and Western for shots reportedly fired. Soon after, a vehicle crashed into a building at Western and Howett.
Police said the woman who crashed was shot three times — twice in the legs and once in the back.
She was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries.
Police are investigating.
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