Peoria Police announced the first arrest in a rash of homicides in July 2015. Darren D. Brown, 22, was arrested in Decatur, Georgia Wed. by the U.S. Marshals Violent Crime Task Force. He was wanted in the July 14 shooting death of Peoria resident 25-year-old Nikko Smith.
The WCBU team is mapping and updating cases as they progress. The July 2015 fatal shootings are indicated with red pins on the map below: