Crime

Police investigate early morning shooting in Cahokia that sent victim to the hospital

Police are investigating after a man was shot early Monday morning on Doris Avenue in Cahokia.

Police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Doris Avenue to investigate a report of a shooting at 1:15 a.m. Police located multiple shell casings at the scene.

When police arrived on scene , they found a man with a bullet wounds. He is believed to about 20 years old, Cahokia Police Lt. Ben Callahan said. He was taken to St. Louis University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Callahan said the victim was treated and released from the hospital.

Callahan said police do not know a motive for the shooting and they have not identified the gunman. He said police continue to investigating the shooting.

This story was originally published February 25, 2019 at 7:58 AM.

Carolyn Smith
Belleville News-Democrat
Carolyn P. Smith has worked for the Belleville News-Democrat since 2000 and currently covers breaking news in the metro-east. She graduated from the Journalism School at the University of Missouri at Columbia and says news is in her DNA. Support my work with a digital subscription
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