PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A Peoria man will be sentenced in December after being found guilty Wednesday of a deadly 2023 shooting.

The suspect, 27-year-old Amorta Nelson, was convicted Wednesday by a Peoria County jury.

Peoria Police were called to Coopers Gas Station at the intersection of Sheridan and McClure in Peoria around 8 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2023 on a nine-round ShotSpotter alert.

There, officers said they found 33-year-old Antonio Hardy lying on his back after being shot multiple times. He died at the hospital.

Nine shell casings were found at the scene, all the State’s Attorney said were determined to have come from the same firearm.

The State’s Attorney’s Office said that the murder was captured on surveillance video, and that video was shown during the trial. In it, it showe

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