Trial under way in Herrin apartment killing

MARION, Ill. — Jury selection is under way in southern Illinois for one of four men accused in the shooting death of a man last year in Herrin.

Twenty-one-year-old Travius Tucker of Fairview Heights is charged in Williamson County with first-degree murder in the death of Jamel Davis of Herrin.

A Herrin police detective contends witnesses told him that a co-defendant and another armed suspect entered Davis’ apartment and demanded money, and that Davis was shot in the chest during a struggle.

The investigator says the suspects fled to East St. Louis, where the gun was thrown into the Mississippi River.

The Southern Illinois (http://bit.ly/oozztm ) reports that opening statements in the trial in Marion are expected Thursday.

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Information from: Southern Illinoisan, http://www.southernillinoisan.com