NewsOctober 1, 2002
Police arrest Carbondale man in fatal shooting
CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Police have arrested a Carbondale man in the weekend fatal shooting of Rodney Jones, 24, of Chicago. After his arrest Saturday, Mark S. Crymes, 23, was charged with murder, armed violence, aggravated discharge of a firearm and trespass. He is being held in the Jackson County Jail on a $750,000 bail...
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CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Police have arrested a Carbondale man in the weekend fatal shooting of Rodney Jones, 24, of Chicago.
After his arrest Saturday, Mark S. Crymes, 23, was charged with murder, armed violence, aggravated discharge of a firearm and trespass. He is being held in the Jackson County Jail on a $750,000 bail.
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Police said Crymes has a record of multiple felony convictions.
An autopsy Sunday confirmed that Jones died as a result of a gunshot wound to the chest, Jackson County Coroner Thomas W. Kupferer said.
Kupferer said Jones was pronounced dead at 3:35 a.m. Saturday after he was transported by private vehicle to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
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