Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release– Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
May 30, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On May 25, 2025, at 7:52 p.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 700 block of North Billy Bryan Street for a report of shots fired. Officers learned that a passenger or passengers in a white Chevrolet Impala fired shots in the area resulting in several of the shots striking a residence in the process. The vehicle fled the area prior to the officers’ arrival. No injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
During the investigation, officers identified a suspect as a 15-year-old juvenile from Murphysboro. Detectives applied for and were granted a Jackson County Arrest Warrant for a juvenile male for Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm and Unlawful Use of a Weapon. On May 28, 2025, the juvenile was located and arrested by detectives without incident. The juvenile was incarcerated in a juvenile detention facility pending a court appearance. In accordance with the Illinois Juvenile Justice Act, the identity of the juvenile suspect is not being released. 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!
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.