WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Ill. (KFVS) - A man charged in connection with a Johnston City death investigation was granted a pre-trial release.

According to online court documents, Killian Swan was granted a pre-trial release and given a criminal GPS monitoring device.

His pre-trial hearing was set for October 6.

Swan is charged with four felonies, including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, as well as aggravated battery/great bodily harm and aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm.

According to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office, Johnston City police officers were called around 9:34 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, to the 1500 block of Pine Avenue to a report of a 44-year-old man found dead.

The sheriff’s office said Swan was originally brought in as a person of interest, but

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