Man acquitted of killing Suavi Turner | Main stories

MACON COUNTY, ILL. (WAND) – A verdict has been reached in the trial of a man accused of shooting and killing a Decatur man.

Talmel Wilson Jr., 20, charged with shooting and murder Suave L. Turner28.

On Tuesday, a jury found him not guilty of first-degree murder.

The state called its first witness Monday afternoon, a Decatur man who was with Turner the night he was shot and took him to the hospital.

A witness told jurors he did not know who shot his friend, but in a recorded police interview, the witness told a Decatur police sergeant he saw Wilson shoot at his car.

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The shooting happened in MLK The last stop is at 1527 BC. Martin LUther King Jr. MD in May 2019.

Police said after a lengthy investigation, probable cause was established to charge Wilson with first degree murder in September 2021.

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