On the night of June 16, 2024, 39-year-old Derrick A. Dansby-Draine, a Black man from Pembroke Township, Illinois, was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds along the 15400 block of East 4500S Road. Deputies were dispatched at about 10:23 p.m.; despite efforts at the scene he was pronounced dead. The Kankakee County Coroner determined the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds and classified the death as a homicide.

By late the morning of June 17, investigators announced an arrest. Following a traffic stop just before noon in the 12000 block of East Russell Street in Pembroke Township, deputies took 54-year-old Willie C. Felton Sr. of Pembroke Township into custody. He was booked on charges including murder/intent to kill or injure, felon possession/use of a weapon/firearm, and controlled-substance trafficking. Authorities urged anyone with information to come forward as detectives continued to piece together Dansby-Draine’s final moments on June 16; no additional suspects or a broader motive were publicly detailed at that time.

Does anyone have information about the area of East 4500S Road that could help investigators reconstruct what happened that night?