On the evening of September 26, 2020, 28-year-old Donald Donnie Eugene Allen III was shot in the head during an altercation in the 1500 block of South Faraday Avenue in Peoria, Illinois. He was taken to OSF Saint Francis Medical Center and died the following morning, recorded as Peoria’s ninth homicide of 2020.

Donnie was a union roofer who enjoyed fishing and riding dirt bikes and was described as a devoted father to Kynsleigh Lynn, Kamilah Jean, Kaliyah Sue, and Terreon Armond. He was survived by his parents Pamela and Donald Allen Jr., sister Nicole Allen, grandparents Georgana and Ralph Rindfleisch, nieces Kyleigh and Micayla, his girlfriend Sheay Bowen, and extended family. A memorial service was held October 3, 2020, at Dan’s Tow Bar in Peoria.

Who in the community knew Donnie or witnessed the altercation on South Faraday Avenue and can help fill gaps in what happened that night?