Levi C. Blair, 39, was fatally shot on December 31, 2024, in Lewistown, Illinois. Authorities say the shooting happened at about 6:51 p.m. in the 500 block of South Main Street. Blair was found with a gunshot wound to the head, taken to a nearby hospital, and later pronounced dead.

Blair had served as a captain in the Mt. Hope-Funks Grove Fire Protection District, was an Army veteran, and graduated from Olympia High School in Stanford. He worked as a paramedic for the Fulton County Emergency Medical Association, which described his death as a deep loss and noted his dedication to the community. Colleagues and local organizations openly mourned his passing.

Following the shooting, 33-year-old Nicholas Pratt of Ipava was arrested and charged with multiple felonies including first-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and endangering the life or health of a child. Reports state the shooting occurred during a child custody exchange and Pratt was denied release while awaiting trial. An autopsy was scheduled for the following Friday and Blair’s funeral was planned for the next week with a first responder walk-through the day before.

Did anyone in Lewistown see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?