Incident

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2-20-2023 Illinois Bloomington 1-1

Location

February 20, 2023

Victory Church
18180 US-150
Bloomington, Illinois

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Kiejoun Watts
Age: 20
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Relationship: Armed Robbery
Name: Desmond Sterling
Age: 23
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Armed robbery with injury/death and/or evidence of DGU found

Notes

victim lured to church, shot, car taken; Sterling found guilty by judge, 3 counts 1st degree murder; 75 yrs 5/2/24;

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://foxillinois.com/news/local/police-man-shot-and-killed-at-church-in-bloomington

URL: https://www.25newsnow.com/2023/05/31/man-wanted-connection-with-rural-bloomington-feb-2023-homicide/

URL: https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/arrest-made-in-the-kiejoun-watts-homicide-man-held-on-2-million-bond/

URL: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/03/01/both-sides-rest-desmond-sterling-trial/

URL: https://www.25newsnow.com/2024/05/02/man-sentenced-75-years-2023-rural-bloomington-homicide/

District

Congressional District: 16
State Senate District: 44
State House District: 88