CARBONDALE. Ill. (WSIL) -- UPDATE 9:13 P.M.:Â Carbondale police tell News Three at least two officers were on scene when the shooting happened.
A witness tells news three they heard multiple gunshots. Two people were hurt and taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
"No one has been killed but we certainly had victims with some very serious injuries. When you start firing into crowds at close range you can always that somebody is going to be significantly injured. Again like a lot of police departments across the country we are struggling with recruiting and retention and maintaining our staffing numbers and we're certainly not where we want to be right now. But I don't know that any number of police officers are going to prevent some of this behavior. In the case of the shooting that took place yesterday morning we had police officers present there when that occurred," said Carbondale Police Chief Stan Reno.Â
If you have any information about the shootings call Carbondale Police.Â
If you would like to remain anonymous you can dial 549-COPS and could be rewarded for information leading to an arrest.Â
UPDATE 11:50 A.M.:Â Carbondale police were monitoring a large crowd in the 200 block of West Main Street at around 2:57 a.m. The officers heard gunshots and they soon after found two people who had non-life threatening injuries.
Carbondale Police responded to reports of a shooting near University and Main Street early Sunday morning.
Carbondale police were monitoring a large crowd in the 200 block of West Main Street at around 2:57 a.m.
News 3 arrived to a scene of multiple police units and ambulances shortly after 3 a.m. at the parking lot of First United Methodist Church.
There were at least eight squad cars present and some officers were seen carrying long guns.
One witness told News 3 they heard multiple gunshots and at least two people were injured. Police have not released any information as of 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
News 3 will update this story as more information becomes available.