Andre Shrell Clanton Jr., a 37-year-old man from Davenport, was shot and killed shortly before 5 a.m. on May 21, 2023, after he unexpectedly arrived at a home in the 1300 block of Judson Street to see a woman with whom he shared a child. According to testimony introduced at trial, Clanton entered the house after hearing laughter, looked through the residence, then returned to the front porch; as two brothers who were inside came around the side of the home, one of them suddenly drew a handgun and shot Clanton in the head.

Witnesses and surveillance footage focused suspicion on Deshawn Armal Washington, known as Shawn, whose phone-location data placed him traveling from Rock Island to the Judson Street home shortly before 4 a.m. A gold Dodge Journey seen leaving the neighborhood after the shooting was linked to a Rock Island address associated with Washington, who was arrested on May 23. Investigators did not recover the murder weapon, bullet or shell casing.

At trial prosecutors relied on eyewitness identifications, video, vehicle evidence, phone-location records, online searches and social-media messages; the defense highlighted inconsistencies in witness descriptions and argued Washington could not be reliably distinguished from his brother Donald. If anyone knew Andre Clanton, his movements that night, or saw the Dodge Journey, please come forward with information.