by Steve Dunford
At 4:35 p.m. yesterday afternoon, the Mt. Vernon Police Department responded to a report of gunshots fired in the 700 block of 25th street. All available units responded to the scene.
A short time later there was an individual presented to the emergency room of St. Mary’s-Good Samaritan hospital with gunshot wounds. WSIL-TV reported that a family member said the victim passed away.
Witnesses at the scene said that Roderick Shondale Oats Jr,, 18 of Mt. Vernon was a person of interest. After a manhunt, Oats was taken into custody at 11:51 pm last night.
Along with the Mt. Vernon police department, the Illinois State Police and the Jefferson County Coroner’s and States Attorney’s office aided in the investigation.
The information was taken from a press release by the Mt. Vernon police
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