On July 23, 2024, 31-year-old Quinterius L. Evans of Peoria was shot in the 2500 block of West Garden Street. Responding officers arrived after multiple ShotSpotter alerts reporting about 20 rounds fired and found Evans with multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center but was pronounced dead; the Peoria County coroner ruled the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds with rapid loss of blood volume.

More than 30 family members and friends gathered for a vigil after his death. A visitation and celebration of life were held on August 3, 2024, at T.W. Parks Colonial Chapel in Peoria. Evans is survived by his parents, Willie and Alice Evans; his sons, Amere Parker and JoeDeon Chaplin; siblings Tabren and Ali Evans, Vanise Johnson, Markisha Evans, Shalayla Liddell, and Deloria Brown; and grandmothers Mary and Deloris Mitchell. He was predeceased by siblings Aaron Evans and Carla Michelle Walker.

Are there details about that evening on West Garden Street or witnesses who haven’t spoken to investigators yet?