Peoria police have arrested a suspect in a July 4th homicide.
Police arrested 22-year-old Raekwon Pickett for first degree murder Monday in connection with the death of 19-year-old Quinton Scott, Jr.
Scott was fatally shot in the 600 block of Northeast Madison on the 4th of July. A juvenile victim was also shot in the leg during the shooting.
Pickett was taken to the Peoria County Jail.
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