Remaining Suspect in Mattoon Murder Taken Into Custody

The remaining suspect sought in the shooting death of Ciara Faires in Mattoon over the weekend was taken into custody early today.

(SHAWN ADAMSON)

Shawn Adamson was arrested early today in Centralia.

At 2:49am, Mattoon police officers and Coles County State's Attorney Brian Bower, along with Centralia police and their crisis response unit, executed a high-risk search warrant at a residence in Centralia in an attempt to locate Adamson for questioning in the shooting death.

Officers located Adamson in the residence and took him into custody without incident. Adamson was returned to Coles County where he is being held on counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, felon in possession of a firearm, and intimidation, pending the filing of formal charges by Bower.