Police investigate shooting death of man in Davenport
Posted September 06, 2021 7:00 am
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Police are investigating the shooting death this weekend of an Illinois man on a Davenport street.
The shooting happened Sunday afternoon, when officers were called around 1 p.m. to an area along Nevada Avenue for reports of gunfire, the Quad-City Times reported. Arriving officers found a man with gunshot wounds who was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police later identified the victim as Jeremiah Earl Martinez-Brown, 25, of East Moline, Illinois. Investigators believe Martinez-Brown was the target of the shooting, but had not announced any arrests in the case by Monday morning.
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