On the night of May 28, 2025, shots fractured the quiet of the 3100 block of Lawn Street in Alton’s Alton Acres housing complex. Police were called at about 9:33 p.m. and found Donald R. Lane, age 41, of Alton, wounded inside a vehicle. Officers rendered aid until the ambulance rushed him to OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center, where he was pronounced dead. As investigators worked the scene—marking at least 17 spent casings in and around a small car—a second gunshot victim arrived at the hos
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