Officers and detectives obtained information at both scenes that led them to identify Watkins as the suspect in both shootings. Harwood said that Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene at Sodus by emergency medical services, with an autopsy indicating that he suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, dying instantly.

The deadly shooting happened in 2023. At around 4:10 a.m. on Nov. 11 that year, officers responded to a home near 79th and Peoria Avenues for reports of a shooting. When they got there, they found a man inside who was shot dead. A woman was also found with life-threatening injuries from being shot. She was taken to the hospital where she died.

The Peoria Police Department and U.S. Marshals announced they arrested 21-year-old Alexander Lee Smith in Gilbert on Monday.

A 16-year-old boy was ordered on Monday to be held in custody pending trial, on allegations he shot and killed a person a year ago. Skylar Jordan, 16, was charged last week with one count of first-degree murder in connection with the Sept.

A Peoria teen faces up to 50 years in prison for killing another man two years ago at a North Valley apartment complex. Lamarion K. Wright, 19, pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to one count of first-degree murder in connection with the Sept.

A 35-year-old South Peoria man faces decades behind bars for allegedly gunning down another man this summer. Bryan Vann whose address is listed as being on South

Alexander Lee Smith, a 21-year-old from Gilbert, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in connection to a 2023 Peoria double homicide.

Peoria Police made an arrest in connection with a home shooting that left a couple dead in the West Valley in 2023. In a statement released on the afternoon of Nov. 12, investigators say they arrested 21-year-old Alexander Lee Smith in Gilbert on the afternoon of Nov.