Michael Triplett

An East St. Louis man was charged Friday with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of another East St. Louis man in September. Trevon V. Raymond, 31, was charged by the St. Clair County state’s attorney with the Sept. 21 shooting of Michael Triplett, court records show. The shooting occurred just after 11 p.m. at 10th Street and Broadway in East St. Louis. Triplett was found wounded at the scene and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.