
MARION, Ill. (WJPF) – A shooting investigation in Marion led to lockdowns at three schools.
On Friday August 15, police learned a 20-year-old man was being treated for a gunshot wound at Deaconess Illinois Medical Center just before 11 a.m.
Officers responded to the hospital and were alerted to a possible location near several schools.
Marion High School, Marion Junior High, and Longfellow School were placed on lockdown as a precautionary measure.
The victim was treated and released from the hospital and the lockdown was lifted.