PEORIA Peoria police have arrested eight juveniles in connection with a weekend brawl at a North Peoria trampoline park.
Amy Dotson, a police spokeswoman, said the youths, between the ages of 13 and 16, have been arrested since the incident on Saturday night at Elevate Trampoline Park. All eight have been taken to the Peoria County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of aggravated battery and mob action.
She said the arrests have been occurring since Monday.
On Saturday, police were called to break up a large fight at the park, 8800 N. Allen Road. More than 50 people were seen on a YouTube video that was circulated widely across social media that showed several teens brawling in the lobby of the park and then outside.
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UPDATED 4:05 p.m. | A 17-year-old boy has been arrested on first-degree murder charges after a shooting late Wednesday in north Peoria.
The shooting happened around 10:51 p.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 1700 block of West Thames Drive, police said. The initial emergency call came in as a a report of trouble between a male and female.
Killed in the shooting was Leigh Herring, Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood said Thursday. Herring was previously in the Illinois Army National Guard and was injured while serving in Afghanistan in 2009, according to media reports.
Officers found Herring, 39, with a gunshot wound to the head. He was dead at the scene.