4th sentenced in Davenport robbery that ended in fatal shooting

Linda Cook
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The fourth person accused in a case of a 2020 Davenport robbery that ended in a homicide was sentenced Friday in Scott County Court.

DeMarcus Liddell (Scott County Jail)
DeMarcus Liddell (Scott County Jail)

DeMarcus Liddell, 37, of Coal Valley, was sentenced to a total of up to 20 years after he earlier pleaded guilty to charges of voluntary manslaughter and second-degree robbery. Judge Henry Latham presided during the sentencing hearing, where several people came to support Liddell.

Kelly Cunningham, Scott County Attorney, said Liddell was the “lead co-conspirator” in the incident that led to the shooting death of 45-year-old Sylvester Eddings Jr., of Moline.

“I don’t trust anybody,” Liddell told the judge before the sentencing. “She (Cunningham) doesn’t know for sure what happened. I’m just a job to them. They don’t care how much time I get. I wasn’t even the shooter.”

“These are very serious charges,” Latham told Liddell. “A life was lost.” The charges, he said, will be served consecutively – one after the other.

The incident in 2020

At 6:45 a.m. Aug. 22, 2020, Davenport Police responded to a report of gunfire inside an apartment on the 6500 block of Harrison Street, Davenport. Police found 45-year-old Sylvester Eddings Jr., of Moline, with a single gunshot wound just below his collarbone.

He was transported to Genesis Medical Center – East Campus, Davenport, where he was pronounced dead.

Also in connection with the incident:

  • Taneshia Coleman, of Davenport, was given a suspended sentence, and ordered to serve three years of probation.

  • Derrick Hargrett, of Rockford, was sentenced to a total of up to 25 years.

  • Cordell McDowell, of Coal Valley, was sentenced to a total of up to 20 years.

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