DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A Decatur man was arrested Tuesday after police said he shot a man in the leg in August.
32-year-old Carnyshal D. Barbee was arrested by the Decatur Police Department and booking into the Macon County Jail on multiple felony charges.
According to a sworn statement, officers responded to a home in the 200 block of West Grand Avenue for a reported shooting victim on August 2. Officers found a man on the front porch with a gunshot wound in his thigh.
He told police the shooting happened in the parking lot of the Tobacco Shack on 343 W. Grand Avenue before being taken to the hospital.
After later talking to the victim and reviewing camera footage, police said he walked into the store and up to the counter before being approached by Barbee.
Police said the footage showed Barbee and the victim walking out of the store while exchanging words. Barbee jogged to his car while the victim walked toward the sidewalk.
The sworn said the victim was almost to the sidewalk when he appeared to duck his head and take off running out of sight.
Barbee has been charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon, aggravated battery with a firearm and driving on a revoked or suspended license due to a DUI.
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