Macon County Coroner Releases Report On 13-Year-Old Who Died From Gunshot Trauma

A 13-YEAR-OLD DECATUR BOY WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD ON JANUARY 30, 2023 AT DECATUR MEMORIAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. THE YOUNG MAN SUFFERED AN APPARENT GUNSHOT TRAUMA. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND DIED A SHORT TIME LATER. 

THE VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED AS MARQUEZ N. OTIS OF DECATUR, IL. 

AN AUTOPSY WAS COMPLETED TODAY AT THE MCLEAN COUNTY CORONER’S MORGUE IN BLOOMINGTON, IL. PRELIMINARY POST MORTEM REPORT INDICATES THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH IS A GUNSHOT WOUND OF THE UPPER ARM/SHOULDER WHICH PASSED THROUGH HIS CHEST.

DECATUR POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE CRIMINAL ASPECT OF THIS DEATH. AN INQUEST IS PENDING.

MICHAEL E. DAY

MACON COUNTY CORONER