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Man charged in woman's murder in Belleville

The Belleville Police Department said the suspect was a friend of the family.
Credit: Belleville Police Department

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — A man was charged with first-degree murder in the Friday shooting death of a woman.

Dominick C. Mohead, 26, of Belleville, is in custody on $1 million bond. 

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Police responded to a home on the 3900 block of South Park Drive for a wellness check Friday morning and found Kristine Gibbons dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

The Belleville Police Department said Mohead was a friend of the family but the two were not in a domestic relationship.

This was the second shooting in Belleville this week.

On Sept. 25, officers found a 24-year-old man who said he was shot in his thigh in the 3700 block of West Main Street. His injuries were non-life-threatening and police said the shooting was not random.

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