Shortly after 3 a.m. on January 28, 2026, a double shooting at a home in the 3400 block of Harmon Highway in Peoria, Illinois, left 44-year-old Davelle M. Wilder dead. Peoria County Sheriff’s deputies and EMS found two victims; Wilder was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead in the emergency room at 3:36 a.m. The coroner determined Wilder’s death was a homicide from multiple gunshot wounds.

A woman at the scene was also shot in the leg and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Investigators say the shooting appears to have been an isolated incident rather than a random act. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced as the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office continues its active investigation.

If anyone has information about the events on Harmon Highway that morning or knows anything that could help the investigation, please contact the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office.