CARBONDALE — The man deemed to have shot and killed 16-year-old Xe’Quan Campbell in Carbondale early Friday morning appears to have believed he was protecting an apartment from an armed invasion, according to Jackson County State’s Attorney Mike Carr.
Xe'Quan Campbell, 16, stands in front of his father's house in Zeigler in April.
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Three men were arrested after Campbell’s death, Carr said, two of whom were found to have shot through the door of an apartment at 1225 W. Freeman St. from the inside in the altercation that killed Campbell, who was outside.
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