CARBONDALE, IL — A Colorado man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a Carbondale Police officer in 2016. According to Carbondale Police, on Jan. 11, the U.S. Marshals Colorado Violent Offender Task Force located and arrested 30-year-old Xavier Lewis on an outstanding Jackson County, Illinois warrant.

The warrant includes charges of Aggravated Discharge of a Firearm, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm, Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Deliver Cannabis (>5,000 grams) and Cannabis Trafficking. Lewis, along with others, was originally indicted in Jackson County in 2018 as a result of an investigation after Carbondale Police Officer Trey Harris was struck by gunfire as he and another officer pursued a vehicle occupied by shooting suspects who opened fired on the officers on July 31, 2016.

Lewis is currently being held in the Bent County Jail in Colorado awaiting extradition to Illinois.

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