PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) -- The Peoria County Coroner released the name of the teen who died Wednesday from multiple gunshot wounds.

Keyaun Schmitt-Hardimon, 15, of Peoria was pronounced dead at 8:35 a.m. on Oct. 1, Coroner Jamie Harwood said in a Facebook post.

He said that Schmitt-Hardimon had "suffered multiple gunshot wounds and died instantly."

The Peoria Police Department was called at approximately 7:30 a.m. to the 2400 block of North Sheridan Road near the intersection with Meadows Avenue to a report of shots fired, said Police Chief Eric Echevarria at the time.

When officers arrived, they found a 15-year-old dead inside a house, he said. The boy had suffered gunshot wounds, police said.

No further information is being released.

This story will be updated when more information bec

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