UPDATE (9:57 p.m.) — A man was arrested in connection to a shooting incident involving a three-year-old Wednesday.
According to a Peoria Police press release, Randyn D. Duncan and an injured three-year-old were located by police in the parking lot of a vacant business Wednesday.
A K9 officer located the firearm in a vacant lot near N. Frink Street.
Duncan was arrested for endangering the life or health of a child and obstruction of justice. He has been transported to the Peoria County Jail.
This incident remains under investigation.
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — A 3-year-old child is in stable condition after they were shot in an incident near Frink and Main Streets Wednesday.
According to Peoria Police Public Information Officer Semone Roth, police located a child who was shot in the leg in a home at approximately 1:42 p.m.
The child was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. No other information has been released at this time.
This incident remains under investigation.
This story will be updated when more information becomes available.