EDWARDSVILLE — A 17-year-old Belleville youth originally charged as a juvenile in a Sept. 3 shooting in Alton that left a woman injured has been charged as an adult.
The charges stem from a shooting in the 300 block of Tara Avenue.
Ronald W. Artis, 17, of Belleville, was charged Jan. 26 with aggravated battery with a firearm, a Class X felony; and three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, all Class 1 felonies. Artis was 16 at the time of the shooting…