CARBONDALE — Carbondale Police continue to investigate a report of shots fired around 1:10 Monday morning in the 800 block of East Grand Avenue.
When police arrived they discovered a 24-year-old man with gunshot wounds. The identity of the victim is not being released at this time. The man was treated at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and then transferred to a St. Louis area hospital for further treatment of non-life threatening injuries. The shooting suspects are described as three black men. The first suspect is described as having a light complexion, the second suspect is described as having dreadlock hair and the third suspect is described as being heavy set.
Further investigation revealed that 24-year-old Derek Deon Brownlee Jr. of Chicago was in possession of between 100 and 500 grams of cannabis as part of this incident. Carbondale Police detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Brownlee Jr. for charges of unlawful possession with intent to deliver cannabis and unlawful possession of cannabis. Bond has been set at $75,000. Neither Brownlee nor the victim are affiliated with the university.
Anyone with information about either the shooting or the whereabouts of Brownlee should contact Carbondale Police at 457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 549-COPS.