DreShawn Mathis, 19, a Black / African American male from Belleville, Illinois, was shot on the evening of Saturday, August 30, 2025. Belleville police said officers were dispatched around 7:20 p.m. after the 19-year-old arrived at Memorial Hospital in Belleville with a gunshot wound. Investigators later determined the shooting occurred in the 500 block of North 38th Street, and detectives and the Crime Scene Unit processed the scene as they began their inquiry.
After he was stabilized in Belleville, DreShawn Mathis, 19, was transferred to Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. The St. Louis Medical Examiner’s Office later identified him and confirmed he was pronounced dead at 9:23 p.m. on August 30, 2025, from gunshot wounds sustained in the Belleville shooting.
The location of the attack—on the 500 block of North 38th Street—was noted in regional tracking of violent incidents, which also recorded the case as a fatal shooting of a 19-year-old male in Belleville on that date.
As of early September 2025, Belleville police described the case as active and ongoing. Public statements asked for leads and did not announce any arrests, nor did they identify a suspect or suspects, and local coverage emphasized that investigators were still working to determine what led up to the shooting.
