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 with the following:
Coleman - 1st Degree Murder, Armed Robbery, and Aggravated Battery. No-bond warrant.
