FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — An investigation into a Freeport shooting has led to the arrest of a 22-year-old Elgin man as the suspect in the crime.

According to Freeport Police, on Friday, October 17th, officers responded to a gunshot detection system alert in the area of Walnut Avenue and Stephenson Street around 5:36 p.m.

The 33-year-old male victim had been inside a car at the time of the shooting, and suffered a gunshot wound to his arm.

Surveillance video and eyewitness accounts led police to identify Josiah Franklin as the suspect. A K-9 officer led police to an apartment in the 100 block of S. Cherry Avenue, where Franklin was taken into custody.

Police said a semi-automatic pistol, believed to have been used in the crime, was found inside the apartment.

The victim was treated at F

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