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UPDATE: Second Murder Suspect Arrested

Posted: 2:58 PM Feb 26, 2013
Reporter: Marissa Sherer

First Murder of 2013

UPDATE: 18-year-old Damarius Nelson was taken into custody today in Harvey, Illinois on charges of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon. He's a suspect in the shooting death of 20-year-old Jimmy Hollins in the 300 block of Underwood. Another suspect, 19-year-old Tommy Nabors was already captured this month. He's being held in teh Winnebago County Jail.

UPDATE: One of the men wanted for the murder of Jimmy Hollins turned himself into Rockford Police late last night. 19-year-old Tommy Nabors is in custody charged Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Battery with a Weapon.

Hollins is the first murder victim of the year in Rockford.

Police are also looking for 18-year-old Damarius Nelson.

UPDATE: ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Police have issued arrest warrants for two men believed to be connected in the Monday night murder of 20-year-old Jimmy Hollins.

Tommy Nabors, 19 years of age, Rockford, Illinois has been charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

Damarius Nelson, 18 years of age, Rockford, Illinois has been charged with Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon.

Anyone with information concerning the whereabouts of Nabors or Nelson or additional information concerning the incident is encouraged to contact the Rockford Police Department shift commander at (815)987-5824 or CrimeStoppers at (815)963-7867.

Due to ongoing nature of the investigation, photographs of Nabors and Nelson are not being released at this time.

UPDATE: ROCKFORD (WIFR) – Nearly three months into the year, Rockford Police investigate the first murder of 2013.

Rockford Police are still in the early stages of the investigation. They were actually notified of the shooting when the victim showed up at Rockford Memorial Hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest.
Police say the shooting actually happened in the 300 block of Underwood Street around 10:15 last night.

The victim, 20-year-old Jimmy Hollins, was driven to RMH and carried into the emergency room. He was pronounced dead half an hour later. Officers were then notified of the shooting and went to Underwood street and began the investigation. Today we talked with a neighbor who lives just a few doors down from where the shooting took place. She's lived there for about a year and says it's not uncommon to hear gun shots. She says she didn't hear the shots, but her kids did and they knew exactly what to do.

"They just cut the lights off, they came in here crawling on the floor, said somebody was outside shooting so I said everybody cut the lights off so we looked out the window and saw a lot of people, you know, can't see who it was or what was going on, but it is kind of scary for the kids because they're scared, you know, two houses down,” said neighbor Deborah Benson.

Benson says it’s really not that bad of a neighborhood, but she says last night was a scary situation.

Police are still investigating and they don’t have a suspect or motive for the shooting.

UPDATE: Winnebago County Coroner's Office says the man who was killed is Jimmy Hollins of Rockford.

Mr. Hollins was carried into the emergency room by a person who was claiming he had been shot. Hollins was pronounced dead at 10:45pm.

An autopsy will be performed Wednesday.

Police are investigating the homicide case.

ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- Rockford Police are continuing to investigate what caused gun fire to erupt inside a home, killing a young Rockford man.

It all unfolded on the 300 block of Underwood in Rockford around 10:15 Monday night.

Police say they were called to RMH's Emergency room because a 20 year old man had just been admitted with a gun shot wound to his chest. A short time later, the man was pronounced dead.

Police traced the shooting scene to a residence on the 300 block of Underwood, that's where they found several spent bullet casings.

The investigation is ongoing. We will bring you more information as it becomes available.

If you know anything about this crime please contact Rockford Police at 815-987-5824.