Police killings
2013-2020

Luis Cruz

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 7/19/2018

Peoria, Peoria, IL
1700 W Aiken Ave

Police first stopped the vehicle Luis Cruz was in shortly after midnight. Cruz, who was a passenger, was wanted for questioning in a June 21 shooting and a domestic battery, police said. As the car stopped, passenger Cruz got out and ran. Officers pursued him, but at some point, he allegedly turned his body toward the officers and was shot and killed.