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Carbondale Police Press Release: Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm Investigation
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
March 12, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – Carbondale – On March 11, 2025, at 7:40 p.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 400 block of South Lake Heights after multiple callers reported hearing gunshots. Officers found a juvenile male who had an injury that he reported was as a result of being shot. The minor wound was treated by E.M.S. personnel at the scene. He did not require any further hospital treatment. Officers located bullet strikes and damage to an unoccupied vehicle and a residence which had been occupied at the time of the shooting. Officers learned that three black males wearing dark clothing were seen fleeing westbound from the area on foot after the shooting. Information gathered during the investigations indicates the incident is a result of a dispute between known acquaintances. The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call the Carbondale Police Department at the numbers listed below.
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.