BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A man has been charged in the fatal shooting of a woman who police said they found dead inside her Belleville home over the weekend.
St. Clair County prosecutors issued charges on Wednesday against Demario Bush, 35, of Belleville, Illinois, for one count of murder with the intent to kill and one count of possession/use of a firearm while on parole. Each charge is a felony.
Bush was held at the Belleville Police Department and was slated to be taken to the St. Clair County Jail pending court proceedings.
Police took him into custody after the woman was found shot to death in a Belleville, Illinois, home Sunday, police said.
Officers with the Belleville Police Department responded shortly around 11:15 Sunday night to the first block of Ben Louis Drive about a "domestic disturbance."
According to police, officers found Bush and the woman inside the home, and the woman was unconscious and bleeding. She was suffering from at least one gunshot wound and life-saving measures were unsuccessful, police said.
The woman's identity has not been released as of Wednesday afternoon.
The circumstances that led up to the shooting were not immediately made available.
This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information becomes available.
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