Martin Pegues, 47, was shot and killed on October 5, 2023, in the backyard of a home in the 100 block of North Calhoun Street in Aurora, a neighborhood west of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park. City dispatchers received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired shortly before noon; officers found Pegues with multiple gunshot wounds and he was later pronounced dead at Rush Copley Medical Center at 12:43 p.m. The Aurora Police Department and the Kane County Coroner’s Office led the investigation, and officers initially searched the area but did not locate a suspect at the scene.

On November 25, 2023, authorities arrested 47-year-old Derrick D. Jordan of Aurora after a police chase that began in Aurora and ended in DeKalb. Detectives had spotted Jordan in a vehicle near the 1400 block of North Farnsworth Avenue; he fled when officers attempted to stop the car and was taken into custody by the DeKalb Police Department. Jordan was charged with first-degree murder, aggravated battery, unlawful use of a weapon by a convicted felon, and two counts of aggravated fleeing and eluding. The investigation remains active and authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Aurora Police Department’s investigations division or Aurora Area Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone in the area have information about the shooting or saw activity near North Calhoun Street that day?