On June 3, 2018, at about 2:20 a.m. Peoria police responded to a shooting at 245 Green Street in the Taft Homes area. Officers found 22-year-old Malik Everett, an African American man born in 1996 and living in Peoria, suffering from a gunshot wound; he was located less than a block away on Northeast Washington Street and taken to a local hospital. Everett succumbed to his injuries on June 6, 2018, a death recorded as Peoria’s eighth homicide of that year.

In the days after the shooting the Peoria Police Department continued its investigation; on June 7, 2018 officers also responded to an unrelated fight in the 600 block of West Willcox Avenue. No arrests or suspects in Everett’s killing have been publicly disclosed. Funeral services were handled by Simons Mortuary. If anyone knew Malik Everett or has information about the shooting, please contact the Peoria Police Department.