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Carbondale Man Wounded During Shooting Sunday

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JaJuan Smith

A Carbondale man was treated and released from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale after a shooting incident early Sunday morning.
Police say 22-year-old JaJuan Smith was wounded when he was in a vehicle that fired shots at another vehicle in the 300 block of East Walnut Street.

The suspects in the other vehicle are identified as 25-year-old Malik Wright of Carbondale and two juvenile males, ages 15 and 16, of Carbondale.

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Malik Wright

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.

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