Teron M. Scott Jr., 20, was found dead just before dawn on June 20, 2025, in the back driver’s seat of a car that had crashed into a tree along the 300 block of South MacArthur Highway, on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Peoria. He suffered a single gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene around 4 a.m.; a 19-year-old man who was also in the vehicle was treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the hand. Police responded after reports around 2:30–2:45 a.m. and investigators traced the victim’s car and the shooters using surveillance footage and license-plate reader hits showing another vehicle racing to catch up and pull alongside before gunfire erupted.

Evidence at the scene showed three distinct sets of shell casings, indicating multiple firearms were fired. By the next night, police had arrested 20-year-old Christopher P. Adams Jr. on a first-degree murder charge; on June 24 they arrested 18-year-old Kamereon Bell on a first-degree murder charge as well.

Does anyone have information about the events on the early morning of June 20 or the vehicles involved?