Davion Roe, a 25-year-old African American man from Chicago, was shot and killed on the night of July 15, 2022, on the west side of Rock Island, Illinois, near the Centennial Expressway. The shooting occurred around 9:50 p.m. after an altercation with a group of suspects on the 1300 block of 4th 1/2 Street. Roe was found with a gunshot wound and died en route to UnityPoint Health - Trinity Hospital.

The Rock Island Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division opened a homicide investigation. Detectives identified 23-year-old Marlon K. Martin as a suspect and issued a warrant charging him with first-degree murder; Martin was described as about 6 feet 3 inches tall and 170 pounds. Martin was later apprehended in Davenport, Iowa, and held in the Scott County Jail pending extradition, with bond set at $1 million. Another man, 29-year-old Devonte D. Hall of Rock Island, was arrested on July 24, 2022, and charged with first-degree murder; his bond was also set at $1 million.

The investigation remains ongoing. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Rock Island Police Department or Crime Stoppers.