CARBONDALE, IL — A Zeigler teen is dead following a shooting that happened early Friday morning in Carbondale.

According to Carbondale Police, officers responded to a gunshot victim, identified as 16-year-old Xequan Campbell, on Freeman St. around 2:40 a.m.

After officers arrived on scene, they found Campbell in the west stairway of the apartment building. The Jackson County Ambulance Service took Campbell to the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale where he was pronounced dead.

Prior to the shooting, witnesses in an apartment where the shooting took place, saw several people walking in the direction of the same apartment building. One of the individuals approaching the apartment was Campbell. One individual was also carrying a gun. An occupant of the apartment fired shots at the apartment door from the inside after Campbell banged on the door and may have tried to open the door without identifying himself.

Detectives determined that Campbell is related to one of the occupants in the apartment and he may have been responding to a call from his relative about an incident involving a gun which had happened at the apartment several hours earlier. Campbell’s relative and others in the apartment took cover just before the shooting in an adjoining room after seeing the people walking toward their apartment with a gun. Officers arrested those responsible for the shooting and took them into custody. These same individuals were released from custody at the direction of the Jackson County State’s Attorney pending a review by his office. This case remains active and under investigation.