Alabama man arrested for East Moline homicide
A 22-year-old Davenport man was shot and killed in East Moline Saturday night.
On Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 11:44 p.m., East Moline Police Officers responded to the 1000 block of 51st Avenue in East Moline on a report of shots fired with an unresponsive male subject on the ground who was shot. This is in the Deerfield Woods Apartment complex. Upon arrival, officers located a man who was shot multiple times and unresponsive, according to a Monday release.
Responding officers provided life-saving measures on the man, turned over to Fire and EMS services with the man being transported to Genesis Illini Hospital. The man, Michael J. Robinson, 22, of Davenport, died at the hospital shortly afterward. Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson said Robinson had been shot multiple times.
An investigation immediately began into this incident by the East Moline Investigations Division. A male suspect was soon identified as Jarquez D. Robertson, 21, out of Huntsville, Ala., with him possibly fleeing the area in a vehicle back to Alabama, police said.
An arrest warrant was obtained for Jarquez Robertson for First Degree Murder with no bond.
An alert was put out nationwide to be on the lookout for the suspect and vehicle he was driving. Huntsville Alabama Police Department was also contacted as it was suspected he was headed to that area. At approximately 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, the Huntsville, Ala., Police Department located Jarquez Robertson and arrested him without incident. He is being held at the Madison County Jail in Alabama and processes will take place to extradite Robertson back to the Rock Island County Jail in Illinois.
The Silvis Police Department, Moline Police Department, Rock Island County Sheriff’s Department, East Moline Fire Department, Genesis Ambulance, Illinois State Police, and Huntsville Police Department assisted on this incident.
The investigation into this incident continues by East Moline Police Criminal Investigation and Illinois State Crime Scene teams and Rock Island County. Police ask anyone with information to contact the East Moline Police Department at 309-752-1555, Crime Stoppers of the Quad Cities at 309-762-9500, or use the “P3 Tips” mobile app. You can remain anonymous.
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