A shooting in Cahokia Heights Tuesday evening left one dead, police said.
Police responded to a call for shots fired around the 100th block of St. James Lane at about 7 p.m.. There they found a young male deceased of apparent gunshot wounds, Chief Thomas Trice said.
St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. identified the victim as Fontez Forest, 17, of the 3300 block of Converse in East St. Louis. Forest was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:58 p.m., Dye said…