Shawaan Maurice Warr, 24, was shot and killed in Peoria, Illinois, on February 27, 2020. Police responded to multiple ShotSpotter alerts and officers on patrol heard about seven rounds fired in the area of the 1300 block of E Hillcrest Place. Shawaan was found with a single gunshot wound to the upper body that caused fatal internal bleeding; the coroner said he likely died within seconds of being shot. Peoria police are treating the case as a homicide.

During the initial response officers detained a 24-year-old, Anthony A. Robinson, who was seen fleeing the area and was arrested on weapons and related charges; he was not immediately charged with murder in connection with Shawaan’s death. Shawaan graduated from Manual High School with academic honors and was noted as an accomplished basketball player. He is survived by his parents, Dennis and Felicia Warr, a sister Niquarra Warr, brothers Terence Shelby Sr. and Dennis Warr Jr., and other relatives and friends.

Did anyone in the Peoria area see or hear anything that night in the 1300 block of E Hillcrest Place?