On October 22, 2023, at about 3 a.m., 19-year-old Marshon Martin of East St. Louis was fatally shot in a vacant parking lot in the 500 block of Missouri Avenue. Responding East St. Louis officers pronounced Martin dead at the scene. Two other people suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and were taken to hospitals.

Investigators from the East St. Louis Police Department asked the Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation’s Public Safety Enforcement Group to assist. Authorities identified 37-year-old Travione M. Willis of Belleville as a suspect; on December 4, 2023, the St. Clair County State’s Attorney charged Willis with first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm. The United States Marshals Service arrested Willis in Belleville on December 19, 2023, and he is detained at the St. Clair County Jail awaiting trial. The investigation into the shooting’s circumstances remains ongoing.

If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Marshon Martin, please share what you know with investigators.