CARLINVILLE - Macoupin County has charged Mark A. Swarringin, 48, of Bunker Hill, with one count of aggravated battery, a Class 3 felony, State’s Attorney Jennifer A. Watson said Wednesday afternoon.

The charges stem from a Sunday, Aug. 7, early morning incident at The Bunkhouse Bar, 201 W. Warren St. in Bunker Hill.

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Bunker Hill Police Chief Jake Welch said after the incident that one person was shot and one of the subjects also produced a handgun. Both men were taken to the hospital, Welch said.

Bunker Hill Police, Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department, Gillespie and Staunton Police all responded to the scene after the shooting.

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