11/03/2012 - Report #509 - Victim: Travon O. Bey - Location: Madison, IL

MCS Report #509

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: Madison Police Department

Date of Activation: 11/03/2012

Commander and Department: Maj. Brad Wells, Madison County Sheriff’s Office

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Sgt. Mike Parkinson, Granite City PD

Victim: Travon O. Bey

Suspects: Derrick Lamont Coleman Jr. and Gregory Crowder

The Madison Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad in investigating the death of Travon Bey. At approximately 4:30pm, police officers responded to a residence in the 2000 block of 5th Street for a report of a subject being shot. Inside the residence they found Travon Bey (age 23) who had been shot multiple times. He was transported to the hospital where he died.

As a result of this investigation, Derrick Coleman Jr. (age 24) and Gregory Crowder (age 49) were charged wtih the following:

  • Crowder - 1st Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm. No-bond warrant.

  • Coleman - 1st Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, and Aggravated Battery. No-bond warrant.

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