CENTRALIA, IL — A 25-year-old Centralia man has been charged in connection with shots fired last week after turning himself in Monday night. Jerod Simmons-Young was formally charged Tuesday morning in Marion County Court with Class 1 felony aggravated discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle stemming from a shots allegedly fired toward a vheicle incident at a residence in the 800 block of Haussler Street.

No one was injured in the alleged incident and the vehicle was not struck. Police released information Friday indicating they were seeking Simmons-Young in connection with the alleged incident. He reportedly turned himself in to the Centralia Police Department Monday night after learning he was being sought.

Simmons-Young remains in the Marion County Jail awaiting the setting of bond.

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