Keyaun Schmitt-Hardimon, a 15-year-old male, Black/African American, left his West Bluff neighborhood on October 1, 2025, as dawn thinned over Peoria, Illinois. Before the hour was out, police were rushing to a house in the 2400 block of North Sheridan Road after reports of gunfire. Inside, officers found Keyaun with multiple gunshot wounds; the coroner would later say he died instantly. He was pronounced dead at the scene not long after 7:30 a.m., the October chill still hanging in the rooms as
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