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Jeffery Alan Gilmore
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Gender
Male
Age
33 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
03/12/2002
Location
1013 1/2 Illinois St. Pekin IL 61554 Tazewell
Cause of Death
Suicide
Jeffery Alan Gilmore reportedly committed suicide during a seven-hour standoff. According to police, Gilmore barricaded himself inside the apartment at around 9 p.m., after he shot his girlfriend in the back. Gilmore's girlfriend ran to a neighbor's house. Gilmore was reportedly negotiating his surrender to police by phone moments before he turned a gun on himself. Members of Peoria's Special Response Team stormed the residence and found Gilmore on a bedroom floor, dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Pekin Police Department, Peoria Police Department
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National Anthem
United States