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Illinois man arrested in killing outside Davenport club

Published October 29, 2021 12:41 PM

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — An Illinois man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man outside a Davenport strip club earlier this month. The Quad-City Times reports that 28-year-old Lance Johnson, of Rock Island, Illinois, was arrested late Thursday by Rock Island police in the shooting death of 35-year-old Samuel Wires, of Davenport. Johnson is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder and a weapons count in a Rock Island jail until he can be extradited to Iowa. Police say Davenport officers called to Déjà Vu Showgirls on Oct. 17 for a disturbance heard gunshots and found Wires wounded. Wires was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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