The Rock Island Police Department continues to seek the whereabouts of a man wanted in the shooting death of a Sherrard teen. 16-year-old Dylan McCalester was killed in mid-December. A First-Degree Murder arrest warrant has been issued for 21-year-old Darvion Jawar Lard. He is considered armed and dangerous.
On Tuesday, December 15th at 6:52 p.m., Rock Island officers responded to the 600 block of 42nd Avenue in reference to a two-vehicle accident with injuries. It was subsequently determined that the driver of one of the involved vehicles was McCalester and he had sustained a gunshot wound prior to the crash. The teen was transported from the scene by ambulance to Unity Point Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Anyone with information related to the homicide case or the whereabouts of Lard is asked to contact the Rock Island Police Department at (309) 732-2677 or Crime Stoppers at (309) 762-9500.