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By Jeremy Coumbes on March 2, 2021 at 2:37pm
An arrest has been made connected to the shooting in Jacksonville on Sunday.
According to a press release by the Jacksonville Police Department, 37-year-old Joshua E. Wilson of Jacksonville was arrested at approximately 1:00 pm for the murder of 26-year-old Malcolm V. Fitts.
Fitts was pronounced dead at Passavant Area Hospital just before 7:00 Sunday morning.
Jacksonville Police were called at approximately 5:23 am Sunday to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard in reference to a report of gunshots being fired in the parking lot of the Turner High Rise Apartment Complex.
An official cause of death has not yet been released by the Morgan County Coroner’s Office.
A Jacksonville man was arrested Tuesday afternoon by Jacksonville police in connection with Sunday s homicide.
Joshua E. Wilson 37, of Jacksonville was arrested around 1 p.m. A former Jacksonville man, Malcolm V. Fitts of Chicago, was shot and killed just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
Wilson is in custody at the Morgan County Detention Facility pending formal charges.
Jacksonville police received multiple 911 calls for shots fired for the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard Sunday morning.
While officers were searching the area, a gunshot victim, later identified as Fitts, arrived at Passavant Area Hospital.
It was the city s first homicide of 2021.
The Jacksonville Police Department is handling the investigation in cooperation with the Morgan County State’s Attorney’s Office, Morgan County Coroner’s Office and Illinois State Police.
By Jeremy Coumbes on March 1, 2021 at 3:52pm
Jacksonville Police were called at 5:23 Sunday morning to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard after a caller to the Joint Morgan County Dispatch Center reported gunshots being fired in the parking lot of the Turner High Rise Apartment Complex. According to police records, the caller stated they heard seven to eight shots fired and could hear screaming.
Jacksonville Police Investigators say while officers searched the area of the incident, 26-year-old Malcom Fitts of Chicago and formerly of Jacksonville arrived at Passavant Area Hospital by a personal vehicle.
Fitts was pronounced dead at 6:52 yesterday morning at Passavant, according to a joint statement this morning by Police Chief Adam Mefford and Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson.
By Benjamin Cox on February 28, 2021 at 8:14pm
A man has died after an apparent shooting at the Turner High Rise Apartment Complex this morning. Jacksonville Police were called at approximately 5:23 this morning to the 800 block of Hoagland Boulevard in reference to a report of gunshots being fired.
According to a press release from Jacksonville Police, officers searched the area while an unnamed 26 year old male victim was located and transported to Passavant Area Hospital by LifeStar EMS.
According to a separate release from Morgan County Coroner Marcy Patterson, the unidentified male victim was pronounced dead at Passavant at 6:52 this morning. The official cause of death is pending an autopsy and the identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin