Suspect sought in connection to summer shooting of SIU student

Dijon J. Nesbitt. (Carbondale Police)

By Daily Egyptian staff
November 10, 2016

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man they say is wanted in connection to a July shooting that hospitalized one SIU student with a gunshot wound to the leg.

Dijon J. Nesbitt, 25, is accused of unlawful purchase of a firearm as part of the department’s investigation, police said Thursday. Nesbitt is described by police as a black male, 5-foot-9, weighing 150 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.

Police said he should be considered armed and dangerous.

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In the early morning hours of July 16, Al Charles, 25, of Chicago, was rushed to the hospital by friends after he was shot in the leg in the 500 block of South Graham Avenue following an argument between his cousin and a young woman at a birthday party, Charles previously told the Daily Egyptian.

SIU student Al Charles, a senior studying marketing and television production who was shot July 16 in Carbondale, ties his shoes in his hospital bed Monday before getting released from Memorial Hospital of Carbondale after a recent surgery. Charles, 25, of Chicago, is at least the second SIU student to suffer a gunshot wound this calendar year. (Luke Nozicka | @lukenozicka)

The SIU student underwent a number of surgeries following the incident after the bullet tore through his upper thigh. Charles is a senior studying marketing and television production.

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