Carbondale Non-Bargaining Unit Employees Personnel Board recently issued the following announcement.
On 10-07-19 at approximately 11:26 a.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 400 block of East Chestnut Street in reference to shots fired. Officers found a 5 year old female gunshot victim. The Jackson County Ambulance Service treated her at the scene and later took her to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale where doctors stabilized her. The victim is currently at a St. Louis area hospital for further treatment and care. Officers and detectives arrested three juvenile suspects located in the area.
There is not any additional suspect information to provide at this time. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and the Jackson County Ambulance Service assisted in this investigation. The investigation is currently active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 457-3200. 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 located on the main page of this website.
Please help yourself, along with your county, its communities and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness, or have any information pertaining to, a crime. Cash rewards for information which leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
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