On the morning of June 16, 2026, 27-year-old Freddie Bass of Davenport was found inside an apartment at the Crowne Forest Apartment Complex in East Moline with multiple gunshot wounds. Officers arrived after reports of a shooting around 6:30 a.m.; Bass was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and died there. He was a father of five, a fiancé, and a United Township High School graduate, remembered by family and friends for his bright smile and easy humor.

Police identified 21-year-old Anthony L. Tem of Rock Island as a suspect; officers located him around 8:25 a.m., pursued him by car and on foot, and he surrendered at about 9:10 a.m. Tem has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held in the Rock Island County Jail. A second man, 21-year-old Darien Craig, was later arrested in Davenport and faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a stolen firearm; he awaits extradition to Rock Island County.

What can readers who knew Freddie or who have information about the shooting share with investigators?