On Friday, July 15, 2022 at approximately 9:50 p.m. the Rock Island Police Department responded to a report of shots fired in the 1300 block of 4th ½ Street.
Officers located 25 year-old Davion Roe suffering from a gunshot wound. Roe was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Trinity Hospital in Rock Island but succumbed to his injuries before arrival.
Detectives from the Rock Island Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division obtained an arrest warrant in this case for Marlon K. Martin for First Degree Murder with bond set at $1,000,000.00. On Thursday, July 28, 2022, Martin was captured by the U.S. Marshals in Davenport, Iowa. Martin will be held at the Scott County Jail pending extradition to Illinois.
The incident remains under investigation by the Rock Island Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. 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.