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Sister seeks justice for murdered brother BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Peoria Times Executive Editor
Anger fills Tiffany Johnson when she talks about her late brother, Tyler Wilson. She’s angry with the gunman who killed Wilson in a Westgate Entertainment District parking lot on Jan. 29, 2020; angry at the shopping center’s management for seemingly not caring about the unsolved crime; and angry at the Glendale Police Department, which she said she believes could do more to catch the perpetrator. “Honestly, my family is just going through hell,” Johnson said. The 31-year-old, who graduated from Millennium High School, headed to Westgate to enter one of his vehicles in a car show. At the enter-
tainment district, Wilson was gunned down during an argument over a parking spot. The Glendale Police Department pleaded with the public via Twitter to share information about the incident by calling 623-930-3000 or Silent Witness, 480-WITNESS. There are no new leads. Johnson and her family have parlayed that anger into a mission to catch the killer as well. They created T-shirts and other products. Some were not receptive to Johnson’s ideas. “My kids came up with the idea of painting these little rocks that have kind quotes or they drew sweet pictures on them,” Johnson said. “It helped the kids get their emo-
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Tiffany Johnson with her brother, Tyler Wilson. Wilson was shot and killed at Westgate. (Photo courtesy of Tiffany Johnson)
Council OKs land sale for HonorHealth facility BY SUMMER AGUIRRE Peoria Times Staff Writer
HonorHealth will expand its reach to Peoria with a new health care facility after the Peoria City Council unanimously approved the sale of a $3.43 million plot of land during a Feb. 15 meeting. According to officials, the health care facility will be a 75,000-square-foot ambulatory medical campus in the P83 District. It will provide an array of health care disci-
plines and services, while creating new job opportunities and reaching more residents in the Peoria area. “Our economic development team has worked hard to attract high-quality businesses and jobs to Peoria,” said Jennifer Stein, Peoria’s interim economic development services director. “By strategically targeting the health care industry, the city has been able to build a robust health care network of diagnostic, specialty, emergency and family health
services, and state-of-the-art facilities. We are happy to welcome HonorHealth to that growing list.” The 7.51-acre parcel, called the Skunk Creek Parcel, is between 83rd Avenue and the Loop 101 freeway, north of the Banff Lane alignment and south of Skunk Creek. The land falls in the P83 District, which the economic development services department deemed valuable for developing
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