Breanna Kelly, a 29-year-old mother of four from Peoria, Illinois, was shot and killed on November 23, 2019. She was attending a party in the 4000 block of W. Virden Street when witnesses say a fight broke out among several men who were not part of the main group; the Peoria County Coroner, Jamie Harwood, reported Kelly died instantly of a single gunshot wound to her midback.

Authorities arrested two men in connection with the shooting. Marco D. Brown, 35, was charged with murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Nicholas Pannell, 35, was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and being a felon in possession of a weapon. Both men were reported to have been at the party the night of the shooting.

Kelly’s death was Peoria’s 22nd homicide of 2019 and left neighbors and friends mourning a well-regarded community member and mother. Anyone who was at the party or has information about the altercation that led to the shooting is asked to contact the Peoria Police Department.