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Carbondale Police Press Release - Aggravated Battery with a Firearm
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
August 18, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On August 16, 2025, at 3:39 a.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the emergency room at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale for a report of a gunshot victim. Officers met with an adult victim with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. The victim reported being at a gathering of individuals in the 400 block of North Washington Street when shots were fired. According to the victim, the motive for the shooting appears to be the result of a recent dispute between the victim and known acquaintances. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Carbondale Police Department at the numbers listed below. The investigation into the incident remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.