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Suspect for Fatal Shooting in RI

Rock Island Police Department

Police are looking for a Rock Island teenager in connection with Wednesday's fatal shooting. Thursday morning, Rock Island police announced a warrant has been issued for 17 year old Kire Carr, charging him with first degree murder.

Wednesday afternoon, police were called to a home in the 500 block of 20th Avenue for a report of shots fired inside. They found someone with a gunshot wound who later died at the hospital.

His or her identity has not been released.

Police say Carr should be considered "armed and dangerous."
 
(RI Police Dept 309-732-2677, Crimestoppers 309-762-9500)

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.