Marcus Alfonso Mayweather, a 56-year-old Black man from Rockford, Illinois, was shot on December 20, 2020, and died after being taken to a local hospital. Police were called that evening to the 3600 block of Teal Lane where they found him suffering from gunshot wounds; the coroner later released his name and public death notices and funeral records confirm the date and age.

That Sunday had already seen an earlier, unrelated gunshot incident on Broadway, and officials described both cases as active investigations. Early reports did not identify any suspect or announce an arrest in the Teal Lane shooting. Friends and family remembered Mayweather in obituary notices that emphasized his Rockford roots and the shock of his loss days before Christmas.

Anyone with information about the Teal Lane shooting is asked to come forward.