AT APPROXIMATELY 7:40 IN THE EVENING, MARQUIS WILKERSON WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WITH SOME FRIENDS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 9TH AVE. NORTH AND COFFEE STREET, WHEN A NUMBER OF SHOTS WERE FIRED FROM A NEARBY ALLEYWAY. MARQUIS AND HIS FRIENDS RAN FOR COVER BUT MARQUIS WAS HIT BY A BULLET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BACK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. POLICE DO NOT FEEL THAT...MARQUIS WAS THE INTENDED TARGET BUT THAT HE WAS AN INNOCENT VICTIM THAT WAS TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE GUNFIRE. POLICE WANT TO GET THE GUNMAN OFF THE STREET AS SOON AS THEY CAN BECAUSE HE FIRED 17 ROUNDS IN A CROWDED RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH A HIGH POWERED RIFLE. THE GUNMAN WAS ONLY DESCRIBED AS A FIGURE DRESSED IN DARK CLOTHING.
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