UPDATED 7:35 P.M.
PEORIA, Ill. – It didn’t take long for Peoria Police to find and arrest someone they believe was responsible for committing the city’s 10th homicide Monday night.
Peoria Police say Tramier Pate, 23, was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of First-Degree Murder and Attempted Robbery, and is in jail.
The shooting happened around 10:15 Monday night near Richwoods and Mollek. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says Omarius Gates, 14, was pronounced dead at the scene around 11:42 P.M. after an autopsy shows he suffered a gunshot wound to his backside.
Pate was found not far away near Richwoods and Sterling.
We’re still waiting on additional details about the death from the Peoria County Coroner.
