On 04-03-22 at 1:45 p.m., officers responded to the 400 block of James and Thelma Walker Street in reference to a report of shots fired. Officers arrived and found the suspects had already left the area. Officers learned an unknown black male exited a white SUV, and fired several shots at a residence causing damage. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident. The investigation is active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about this 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 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!