DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) -- A 17 year old is dead after a shooting Friday night.

On Monday morning, the coroner identified the 17-year-old as Tevon Beasley of Decatur.

Decatur police were called just after 10 p.m. Friday, to a shooting at a business near East Wood Street and Jasper Street.

When officers arrived they found Beasley who had been shot. He was taken to Decatur Memorial Hospital, where he later died of his injuries.

DPD tells WAND News, Nehemiah T. Meyers of Decatur was arrested on a preliminary charge of first-degree murder and booked in the Macon County Jail.

The Decatur Police Department encourages anyone with information to contact the department’s Criminal Investigations Division (217-424-2734) or Crimestoppers (217-423-8477).

See Full Page