Tammi Keckler, a 57-year-old White woman, was killed on August 28, 2023, at the Peoria home she shared with her husband, William Keckler, and her adult son, Zacchary Delane Sumrall. Police say Sumrall called shortly after 4 p.m. and reported that he had shot his mother and stepfather. Responding officers and paramedics found Tammi and 60-year-old William suffering multiple gunshot wounds, including to their heads; both were pronounced dead at the scene.

According to investigators’ accounts of Sumrall’s statements, an argument in the kitchen about his finances and failure to contribute escalated. Sumrall allegedly retrieved a holstered handgun from his bedroom, shot William upstairs, then rushed downstairs and shot Tammi several times; he later told officers neither victim was armed and he had unloaded the firearm and left it near the front door before calling police. Sumrall surrendered at the scene and was arrested; prosecutors charged him with two counts of first-degree premeditated murder.

Are there readers who knew Tammi or have any information about the family or the events that day?