In the early morning of June 19, 2026, 32-year-old Marshaun Williams was found with life-threatening injuries in a parking lot on West Jackson Street in Carbondale, Illinois, after officers responded to a report of a gunshot victim at 12:53 a.m. Despite life-saving efforts by officers and hospital staff, Williams died of a gunshot wound. Authorities described the shooting as arising from a personal dispute.

About 1:00 a.m. a second man, 51-year-old Brent Battles, arrived at the same hospital with a gunshot wound and was later identified by police as the suspect in Williams’s killing. Battles, formerly of Carbondale with a last known address in Radcliff, Kentucky, was reported in stable condition and was taken into custody at the hospital. The Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office will determine formal charges and the investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about the dispute between Williams and Battles or witnessed the events near West Jackson Street that night, please share what you know.