NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
December 12, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE –- On December 11, 2025, at 7:07 p.m. City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 700 block of West College Street for a report of shots fired. Officers arrived, but the suspect(s) had already left the area. Officers learned that after shots were fired, two black males were seen running east from the area. No one was reported to be injured, but a vehicle was damaged as a result of the bullet strikes.  Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below.  The investigation 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! For more information about Crime Stoppers, please follow the QR Code.
 
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.