PEORIA, Ill.—Five people were shot and wounded, two of them critically, in a hail of bullets in the central Illinois city of Peoria, authorities said.
The shooting happened at around 9 p.m. Wednesday, police said in a news release, noting that 29 shots were fired. The news release didn’t say whether police were pursuing specific suspects or whether there might still be a danger to the public, and police didn’t immediately respond to Thursday messages seeking further information.
