Clifford L. Washington Charged After Complex Multi-State Investigation

CASEYVILLE - Caseyville Police said they arrested a man wanted in connection with an attempted homicide investigation in Shelby County, Tennessee, after tracking him from a motel in Caseyville to a bank in Cahokia Heights and later finding suspected cannabis and a loaded handgun in belongings left in an Uber driver’s vehicle.

Officers were dispatched Feb. 23, 2026, to the Quality Inn in Caseyville “in reference to a phone ping indicating the location of a subject wanted for charges related to an attempted homicide with a firearm in Shelby County, Tennessee,” the Caseyville Police Department said on Thursday.

Police said the suspect had checked out of the motel about 30 minutes before officers arrived. After reviewing surveillance footage, officers obtained registration information for a vehicle the suspect entered and determined the suspect had been picked up by an Uber driver. Police said an officer located a phone number for the driver.

“Through continued investigation, officers located the suspect at Regions Bank in Cahokia Heights,” the department said. The suspect “was taken into custody by Caseyville Officers with assistance from multiple other agencies,” police said.

Investigators later determined that, at the suspect’s request, the Uber driver took the suspect to a car dealership in Cahokia Heights where the suspect intended to buy a vehicle, then drove that vehicle to Regions Bank so the suspect could obtain a cashier’s check, according to the release.

After the arrest, officers went to a local car dealership where the Uber driver’s vehicle was parked, police said, and found the suspect’s belongings still in the trunk. Police said Caseyville K-9 Bama conducted an open-air sniff and gave a positive alert, leading to a probable cause search.

During the search, officers found “an amount of suspected cannabis, as well as a loaded handgun within the suspect’s belongings in the trunk,” the department said.

Police said the cases were presented to the St. Clair County State’s Attorney’s Office and that on March 24, 2026, Clifford L. Washington, born June 5, 1986, was formally charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and “several warrants from Shelby County, Tenn.”

Washington is in custody in Shelby County, Tenn., police said.

All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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