Kent B. Quilling, 40, was found bleeding from a head wound on March 6, 2023, on Collinsville Road near Winstanley Avenue in East St. Louis. An Illinois State Police trooper on patrol discovered Quilling in the street in front of a residence at about 9:15 a.m.; he was taken to a hospital in St. Louis and later died of his injuries.

As the trooper approached the scene, a man was seen running into a nearby home. That person was later identified as 27-year-old Dontez McCray of East St. Louis. State police called in a tactical team, surrounded the home, and arrested McCray about four hours later. McCray was charged with first-degree murder and held on $1 million bail; his record includes a 2020 aggravated unlawful use of a weapon case in East St. Louis and a 2016 weapons conviction in Washington Park.

Quilling was born August 8, 1982, and lived in East St. Louis; funeral services were handled by Serenity Memorial Chapel. If anyone has information about what happened that morning, please come forward.