East St. Louis police investigate murder at DeShields Housing Complex
Police are looking for the person who shot and killed a 28-year-old East St. Louis man Saturday.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr., identified the victim as Richard R. Jones of East St. Louis. Jones was pronounced at 5:18 p.m. at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville.
Police have not established a motive in the shooting, nor have they identified a suspect.
Cortez Slack, chief of public safety for the East St. Louis Housing Authority, said the shooting occurred at 1235 McCasland in the John DeShields Housing Complex.
Slack said Housing Authority security received a call at 3:50 p.m. Jones was not resident, Slack said.
“We arrived on scene a couple of minutes later and found a black male lay on 11th street. We called EMS. He was transported to the hospital,” Slack said.
Illinois State Police Sgt. Jarran Riley said Illinois State Police are assisting East St. Louis with the investigation.
Riley asked anyone who may have information about the incident to call Illinois State Police Trooper Maurice Austin at 346-3990, or East St. Louis Police at 482-6767.
This story was originally published March 28, 2020 at 8:54 PM.
