On Sunday, September 18, 2022 at approximately 7:58 p.m. the Rock Island Police Department responded to a 911 call of a subject with a gunshot wound in the 1300 block of 3rd Avenue.
When officers arrived they located a 17 year-old male suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Trinity Hospital in Rock Island but later succumbed to his injuries.
The incident remains under investigation by the Rock Island Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division; no further information is available at this time.
Anyone with information related to this case is asked to contact the Rock Island Police Department at (309) 732-2677 or Crime Stoppers at (309) 762-9500 or using the P3 Tips app.