One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting early Sunday in East St. Louis, according to Police Chief Kendall Perry.
Dotanisha Funches of East St. Louis was pronounced dead at 3:43 a.m. at Touchette Regional Hospital in Cahokia Heights, according to St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.
The identities of the other two victims were not released and their conditions were not available, Perry said.
The shooting was reported around 3:30 a.m.
“Officers responded to the 900 block of St. Louis Avenue,” the chief said. “At the scene we found three gunshot victims, one died.”
The police have not established a motive.
“We are at the start of a police investigation. We don’t know what led to the shooting at this time,” Perry said.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 618-825-6600 or Crimestoppers at 866-371-8477.
The shooting happened less than 48 hours after members of the community gathered at City Hall on Friday to observe National Gun Violence Awareness Day. The local event included a vigil for victims of gun violence.
