PEORIA, Ill. – Two people have been charged with murder in the shooting death of a teenager in a Peoria house last week.

The Peoria County State’s Attorney’s Office says prosecutors filed First Degree Murder charges on Thursday against 18-year-old Cortez Smith and 27-year-old Jafari Robinson.

The charges are connected to the death of 15-year-old Keyaun Hardimon last Wednesday at a home on Sheridan and McClure.

Smith was ordered held until trial at a detention hearing on Thursday. Robinson was previously charged in the case, along with 18-year-old Curtis Jones, with both alleged to have concealed the shooting death. Robinson was also ordered held on a separate case.

Prosecutors say Peoria Police responded to the house on October 1st, and spoke to Jones, who reportedly refused to l

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