Crime

Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis investigating shooting death in Sauget

A man was found with a gunshot wound at the intersection of Curtis Steinberg Drive and Sauget Boulevard at 9:05 p.m. Monday. He died at Touchette Regional Hospital in Centreville, police said.

Sauget Police Chief James Jones said the unidentified man is believe to be in his mid-20s.

Jones said the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is now investigating.

He said police were in the early stages of the investigation and had little information to release.

This story was originally published December 8, 2020 at 12:23 AM with the headline "Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis investigating shooting death in Sauget."

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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