Crime

Police investigating fatal shooting of East St. Louis man, 27

A man was shot in East St. Louis Tuesday, police said.
A man was shot in East St. Louis Tuesday, police said. Getty Images/iStockphoto

Police are investigating a fatal shooting in East St. Louis Tuesday evening.

St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as Deangelo T. Johnson, 27, of East St. Louis. He was pronounced dead at the scene in the 1500 block of Baker at 7:55 p.m., Dye said.

East St. Louis Assistant Chief of Police Ranadore Foggs said police received a call reporting a man had been shot at 7:20 p.m. East St. Louis and Illinois State Police responded, as did emergency medical responders.

Foggs said no further information is available pending the ongoing investigation.

This story was originally published June 21, 2022 at 9:55 PM.

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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