By Associated Press - Monday, July 6, 2020

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - A man has died and three other people were injured in a weekend shooting near downtown Davenport, police said.

The shooting happened just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday after a large crowd gathered and began fighting over several blocks near downtown Davenport, the Quad-City Times reported. Police called to the scene for the disturbance found more than 100 people and many cars blocking the area. The people were fighting, and several shots were fired, police said.

As officers tried to disperse the crowd, they found a man on the street with gunshot wounds, police said. The man, identified as 30-year-old Delandres Thompson of Davenport, died at a hospital.

Police said another man and two women were also treated for gunshot wounds not believed to be life-threatening.

No arrests in the shootings had been reported by midday Monday.

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