Matthew Huerta, a 34-year-old Hispanic man from Danville, Illinois, was fatally shot on May 2, 2021. The shooting happened around 2:15 p.m. near Plum and Williams streets. Officers found Huerta lying on the road with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and later died. An autopsy the next day confirmed the gunshot as the cause of death.

Investigators say a suspect exited a vehicle, fired a single shot at Huerta, then fled in that vehicle. The Danville Police Department and the Vermilion County Coroner’s Office handled the investigation. In March 2023 a man named Deshawn Crawford, 36, was arrested in Saginaw, Michigan; a Vermilion County warrant later charged him with murder and set bond at $3,000,000. Crawford remained held in Saginaw County on unrelated charges and no extradition date had been set.

If anyone witnessed the shooting near Plum and Williams on May 2, 2021, or has information about the vehicle involved, please come forward to investigators.