PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - Peoria Police arrested a 17-year-old boy in connection to the home invasion that left another teenager dead and a 21-year-old man injured in a Saturday shooting at the Lexington Hills Apartments in Central Peoria.

Officers arrested the teenager after detectives identified him as a suspect in the home invasion. At this time, the suspect faces charges of aggravated battery, home invasion, and armed robbery.

However, new evidence pointed to Matthew Day , the Manual High School student killed in the incident, being an accomplice in the home invasion, according to a separate report from the Peoria County State’s Attorney’s office.

Police said they executed a search warrant that turned up text messages between the suspect and Day. In those messages, both suspects

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