DeMonyae Zaire Phelps, a 19-year-old Black male from Peoria, Illinois, was discovered late on the night of July 20, 2021, in a car that had rolled to a stop along the 300 block of South Shelley Street. Officers responding around 11:45 p.m. found the vehicle still running and Phelps slumped over the center console with multiple gunshot wounds, and despite immediate life-saving efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy would later note that he suffered multiple wounds and died insta
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