Marcus Hampton, a 28-year-old Black man from Davenport, Iowa, was shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 20, 2017. Police responded to gunfire about 4 a.m. on the 100 block of E. 35th Street and found Hampton with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a local hospital and died shortly after arrival.

About ten minutes later, investigators say another man arrived at Genesis East Hospital by private vehicle with a gunshot wound; police believed the two shootings were related. Hampton’s death was the tenth homicide in Davenport in 2017 and came amid a spike in gun violence that city leaders described as target-specific and retaliatory. No arrests were reported in the immediate aftermath, and authorities asked anyone with information to contact the Davenport Police Department or submit a tip through the CityConnect Davenport, IA mobile app.