Khalil Dennis, 20, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of June 5, 2020, in the Orr-Weathers housing complex in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the death was classified as a homicide.

Investigators from the Illinois State Police and the East St. Louis Police Department arrested 21-year-old Darnell Johnson in connection with the shooting. Johnson was charged with first-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon; authorities say surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts placed him at the scene and that ballistic testing linked a firearm recovered from his residence to bullets found at the scene. Motive has not been disclosed.

Dennis’s family described him as a bright young man with aspirations, and local leaders highlighted concerns about gun violence in the community. If anyone has information about what happened that morning in the Orr-Weathers complex, please share it with investigators.