Roosevelt Hunter III, a 28-year-old African American man from Peoria, Illinois, was fatally shot multiple times on November 15, 2020. The shooting occurred as he was getting out of a van near the Landmark Apartments; surveillance footage captured the attack. Hunter was found on a sidewalk in the 700 block of Shipman Street and died shortly after being located.

The investigation led to the arrest of 29-year-old Ontario Alexander of Peoria days after the shooting; officers observed him placing handguns into a vehicle linked to the crime. Prosecutors said Alexander was in possession of the handgun used in the shooting when arrested, though no DNA or fingerprint evidence was reported tying him directly to the murder. After a first trial ended in a deadlocked jury, a second jury convicted Alexander and he received a 50-year sentence under the state’s Truth in Sentencing Act plus two years for unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

The motive has not been publicly disclosed. Does anyone have information about Hunter’s movements that night or about the area around Landmark Apartments?