Homicide and aggravated battery investigation names Southeast students as suspects

Three Southeast Missouri State University students have been connected to an early morning shooting on Sunday, March 27, in Carbondale, Illinois, which resulted in one fatality and another injured with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.

John F. Ingram, 21, of Webster Groves, Missouri, and Travis T. Tyler, 21, of Hazelwood, Missouri, have been identified as suspects and are charged with aggravated battery with a firearm and aggravated discharge of a firearm. Dwayne J. Dunn, 21, of St. Louis, has been arrested and charged with reckless discharge of a firearm.

According to a Carbondale Police Department press release, officers responded to a shots fired complaint at approximately 2 a.m. Officers located a “very large party occurring and saw multiple people leaving the scene.” The officers then learned a physical altercation had taken place inside the residence, which first resulted in shots fired inside the house and later outside where more shots were fired. A man in a neighboring residence was the victim of the fatal gunshot wound.

Dunn was arrested during the initial stage of the investigation, and Ingram and Tyler were later identified as primary suspects.

Arrest warrants have been issued for Ingram and Tyler, who are believed to currently be in the St. Louis area according to the police investigation. Southeast’s Department of Public Safety has been assisting the Carbondale Police Department since the investigation began Sunday.

Southeast has placed all three students on interim suspension and will not allow them on campus until the completion of the criminal investigation. Anyone with information about the shooting or the whereabouts of Ingram or Tyler is encouraged to contact the Carbondale Police Department at (618) 457-3200.