Braden Michael Huerta was 22 when he was shot and killed in Peoria, Illinois, on January 29, 2019. He was found inside a vehicle on the 200 block of East Virginia Avenue with a single gunshot wound to the head after ShotSpotter detected four shots around 12:40 a.m. A friend, 23-year-old Alijah W. Sumrell, was found nearby on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds; both were taken to OSF St. Francis Medical Center and are believed to have died at the scene.

Huerta, born June 24, 1996, was active in tumbling and dance at D & D Productions and was the father of a son named Noah. The Peoria Police Department investigated the double homicide but had not identified or arrested any suspects as of the most recent reports, and the case remained unsolved. A key unanswered question is who fired the shots that night and why. If anyone has information about the shootings, please come forward.