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PEORIA The city s latest homicide resulted from an impromptu plan to rob a man at a Peoria gas station, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
Assistant State s Attorney David Kenny said people who were in a car with Arenza Brown, 18, said he began to talk about robbing Joshua Perkins, 34, after he saw him with a large amount of cash late Sunday night at a South Peoria gas station.
Brown and Demarian D. Palmer, 17, both appeared in Peoria County Circuit Court on Tuesday, charged with first-degree murder and attempted armed robbery in connection with Perkins death. Palmer faces an additional charge of aggravated discharge of a firearm, while Brown also faces a count of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon.