ST. CLAIR COUNTY, Ill. – A Belleville, Illinois, man is in custody after being charged in absentia for a fatal shooting this past June.
According to a statement from the Illinois State Police, the shooting occurred on June 12.
Kenyatta Brown of East St. Louis was found shot to death in the 1300 block of 45th Street. Brown was 42. Investigators identified Robert E. Hyde Jr., 48, as the suspected shooter.
The following day, the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Hyde with first-degree murder.
On Monday, July 29, the U.S. Marshals Service apprehended Hyde in Caseyville, Illinois. Hyde is being held at the St. Clair County Jail.