Don’t Miss This: East St. Louis man shot to death by police

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▪ A 41-year-old East St. Louis man was killed early Monday by police after he was seen running around the neighborhood naked, shooting at bystanders and cars, and then pointing a gun at two officers.

The man, identified as Jason Brooks, of East St. Louis, was sitting on a porch firing a gun, according to Lt. Dave Bivens, head of investigations for the Illinois State Police District 11. The suspect allegedly pointed a gun at two officers from the Washington Park and East St. Louis police departments, who had responded to a call of a man firing a gun. The officers fired at the man multiple times.

The shooting occurred about 6 a.m. in front of 1602 Gaty Ave.

▪ A Belleville 16-year-old was charged Monday as an adult with three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, one count of vehicular hijacking and one count of aggravated unlawful possession of a stolen vehicle in connection with an attack on a stranger inside her garage.

Leondre McClendon and another suspect were on electronic monitoring for an undisclosed juvenile crimes at the time of the sexual assault and carjacking, according to a search warrant application filed in St. Clair County Court on May 26.

The charges stem from a May 5 attack on the victim, who was a woman in her 20s.

▪ Jeremiah Tilmon, a 6-foot-10, 235-pound former East St. Louis High center, announced on his Twitter account Monday that he had made a verbal commitment to the University of Illinois.

That news was retweeted close to a thousand times within the first hour, according to Tilmon.

According to ESPN, Tilmon chose Illinois over North Carolina, Kansas, Texas, Michigan State and Missouri.

This story was originally published July 12, 2016 at 6:52 AM with the headline "Don’t Miss This: East St. Louis man shot to death by police."