East Moline man sentenced to prison after Davenport bar shooting

A 21-year-old East Moline man was sentenced Thursday in connection with a shooting at a Davenport bar in March, according to court documents.

Quantrelle Tapia was convicted of a charge of intimidation with a dangerous weapon – injure/provoke fear and charges of a lesser included offense of assault with a dangerous weapon, court records say.

For the intimidation charge, he was sentenced to a term not to exceed 10 years, and for the other charges, a term not to exceed two years. The sentences will be served concurrently, or at the same time.

He will be given credit for time served in connection with the case.

Gunfire in Davenport

Shortly before 12:45 a.m. March 17, Davenport Police were dispatched to the M Lounge, 217 N. Brady St., for a report of gunfire. Officers found three .380 automatic casings and 22 9mm shell casings, affidavits say.

Multiple cars were damaged from the gunfire. Surveillance footage, obtained from multiple places, shows the incident.

Police say Tapia was armed with a .380 automatic pistol concealed on his person while at the M Lounge bar. After an altercation involving a co-defendant, Tapia and the co-defendant left the bar with security, police allege in affidavits.

Officer say in affidavits that, when the two were in front of the M Lounge, they got into an argument with the victims. Affidavits show Tapia produced the pistol from his person and chased the victims across Brady Street as they were retreating to their car.

Tapia fired three rounds at the victims as their backs were turned, police say in affidavits. He was about 20 feet from the victims in a direct line of fire unbroken by any cover or concealment objects when he fired the rounds.

"As the victims took cover, (Tapia) can be observed moving his firearm and taking direct aim at the victims as they were moving to cover behind a vehicle. (Tapia) shot at the victims with the intent to cause their death without any circumstances that would justify (Tapia's) actions," according to affidavits, which show Tapia "was positively identified by surveillance footage and the defendant's actions were all captured on video."