Dana Alizabeth Lawton, 47, of Quincy, Illinois, was killed by a stray bullet on May 24, 2023. She was sitting on the front porch of a home in the 1100 block of Jefferson Street when a bullet fired during an altercation more than a block away struck her in the head. Lawton was taken to Blessing Hospital and then airlifted to Saint John’s Hospital in Springfield, where she died on May 25.

Investigators say the shot was fired during a dispute near 12th and Jefferson Streets and that the bullet traveled over a block before hitting Lawton. The person accused in the shooting, 19-year-old Victor A. Weems III, had been sought by authorities for months and was reported in locations including Chicago and St. Charles, Missouri, before being located in Quincy on January 8, 2024.

Lawton worked at Dollar General in Quincy and was remembered as a devoted mother and grandmother who loved rock and roll and had a dark sense of humor. Does anyone in the community have information about the May 24 incident or knew Dana?