11/13/2017 - Report #652 - Victim: Robert Lamont Gilmore - Location: Madison, IL

MCS Report #652

Classification: Homicide

Requesting Agency: Madison Police Department

Victim: Robert Gilmore

Date of Activation: 11/13/2017

Commander and Department: Lt. Mike Parkinson, Granite City PD

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Det. Lt. David Vucich, Madison County Sheriff’s Department

Deputy Report Officer and Department: Lt. Justin Lieberman, Southern Illinois University PD

Victim: Robert Lamont Gilmore

Suspects: Dominic E. Harris, Eric J. Mason Jr, and Kevin Deandre-Lamont Gardner

Suspects: Dominic Harris (Left), Eric Mason Jr (Center), and Kevin Gardner (Right)

The Madison, IL Police Department requested the assistance of the Major Case Squad after responding to a report of shots fired at around 7:05pm in the area of Washington Street and 4th Street. Robert Gilmore (age 41) was located inside a vehicle where he had been shot. Robert was pronounced deceased on scene.

As a result of this investigation, Dominic Harris (age 22), Eric Mason Jr (age 26), and Kevin Gardner (age 26) were each charged with 1st Degree Murder. They each had a $2,000,000 bond.