Corey A. Harrell Jr., 22, was shot and killed in broad daylight on Halloween morning, October 31, 2018, in downtown Moline, Illinois. Around 10:10 a.m. officers inside the nearby police station heard gunfire; moments later Harrell was found in a van behind Moline City Hall with multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators traced a path of the attack across several blocks, beginning along the 2100 block of River Drive near 23rd Street, continuing near 19th Street, and ending behind City Hall at 7th Avenue and 16th Street where Harrell’s vehicle stopped.

Police said the killing stemmed from an escalating dispute between two groups and asked the public to look for a newer-model black SUV seen fleeing west on 7th Avenue. In October 2021 authorities named three men as persons of interest — Alonzo Cole of Rock Island, Thomas Elijah-Hughes of East Moline, and Preston Orr of Rock Island — and renewed requests for tips about their whereabouts and associations around October 31, 2018. Despite memorials and rewards that reached $20,000, no arrests have been announced and the case remains open.

If anyone has information about where the black SUV was that morning or saw activity along River Drive, 19th Street, or near City Hall on October 31, 2018, please come forward.