CARBONDALE, IL — Four people have been charged in an alleged shooting that happened early Sunday morning in Carbondale.

According to Carbondale Police, officers responded to a report of shots fired in the 300 block of East Walnut Street around 1:50 a.m. At this same time, a Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy was driving through the area and witnessed a vehicle fleeing the scene.

With help from Carbondale officers, the deputy pursued the suspect vehicle until it came to a stop in the 300 block of East James and Thelma Walker. The deputy and officers took three suspects into custody. They are 25-year-old Malik L. Wright of Carbondale and two juvenile males, ages 15 and 16, from Carbondale.

The investigation revealed these suspects and other suspects from a different vehicle shot at each other. One of the suspects from the second vehicle, 22-year-old JaJuan E. Smith of Carbondale, sustained a non-life threatening gunshot wound during the incident. Smith was treated and released from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale and arrested for his part in the shooting.

Wright was charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapon, aggravated fleeing to elude and several other lesser charges.  Both juveniles in the vehicle with Wright were charged with aggravated unlawful use of weapons, aggravated discharge of weapons and possession of firearms without a FOID.  Smith was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated discharge of a weapon and reckless discharge of a weapon. All four suspects were jailed on their charges.