Belleville 17-year-old charged as adult in Alton shooting that injured woman

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…

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