The Peoria County coroner says a man shot in the face July 6 has died of his injuries. Jaware Cole, 24, of Peoria become the city’s 14th homicide victim of the year.
Cole died at 9:01 p.m. Tuesday after a decline in his condition, according to Coroner Jamie Harwood.
Peoria Police Lt. Michael Boland said officers responded to the area fo the 700 block of Percy Baker Jr. Avenue around 5:05 a.m. on a ShotSpotter alert of 17 rounds fired.
Moments later, Cole arrived by private vehicle to UnityPoint Health-Methodist with a gunshot wound to his face. Although Cole was not able to speak, he was conscious and alert.
Harwood said Cole was later transfered to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center where he remained in critical condition the last week and a half.
An investigation is continuing and police have made no arrests.
