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SIU students underwhelmed with police alert system
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According to students, they were not alerted about the shootings until suspects had already left campus.
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At approximately 8:38 pm, City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 500 and 600 blocks of South Oakland Avenue to reports of shots fired.
Almost one hour later, students were alerted of the incident. Last night, SIU campus put out the safety alerts. And the final alert they put out was that the suspects had left the campus area, and entered back into the city, and there was no further threat to the campus community, said Carbondale Chief of Police, Stan Reno.
CARBONDALE, Ill. (WJPF) Carbondale Police have released more information about a drive-by shooting Wednesday night near the campus of SIU.
According to police, the occupants of two vehicles exchanged gunfire in the 500 and 600 block of Oakland Street.
One of the vehicles involved was abandoned in an SIU campus parking lot. Police say that vehicle was damaged by the gunfire. No injuries have been reported.
Police later located two handguns about five blocks away in the 1000 block of Oakland Street.
No suspects have been named. Anyone with information is asked to contact Carbondale Police.
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Carbondale Police say officers used their crisis intervention training skills recently to de-escalate a situation involving someone dealing with a mental health crisis.
Friday afternoon, officers responded to a disorderly subject that was trespassing in the 500 block of East Main Street. Officers made contact with the man and determined he was suffering from a mental health crisis after observing erratic behavior. They also noted he was in possession of weapons.
The man would not comply and would not drop his weapons at first, but the officers say they were able to use minimal force to take him into custody and get him needed care.