Victims identified in Riley Drive triple murder

Posted on June 19, 2018
triple homicide
Authorities have released the names of the three people killed Monday afternoon in a shooting on Riley Drive in Bloomington. (Photo by WMBD-TV)

 

By Howard Packowitz

BLOOMINGTON – Authorities have released the names of three people killed in Monday afternoon’s shooting at an apartment complex on Riley Drive in Bloomington, and they reported a young boy also wounded in the gunfire is no longer on the critical list.

McLean County Coroner Kathy Davis said the victims are all from Bloomington. They’re identified as Juan Perez-Macedo, 33, Nathaniel Pena, 22, and Corey Jackson, who was also 22. Davis said preliminary autopsy results indicate all three died from gunshot wounds, but she provided no other details about their injuries.

Meantime, family members of a four-year old boy who suffered a gunshot wound told Bloomington Police he has been upgraded to stable condition at a Peoria hospital. The child was initially treated at a local hospital, then transferred by helicopter to Peoria.

Police say they’ve made no arrests.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Bloomington Police Detectives Tim Power at (309) 434-2579 or [email protected], Brad Melton at (309) 434-2537 or [email protected], and Steve Moreland at (309) 434-2359 or [email protected].

McLean County Crime Stoppers is accepting anonymous tips at (309) 828-1111. Rewards of up to $1,000 are offered for information that leads to an arrest or indictment.

Howard Packowitz can be reached at [email protected]

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