DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - Davenport police said Friday they had charged a man with murder in the death of a woman who was shot on May 31 as she got into her car to leave a protest.
Police charged Parker Belz, 21, of Davenport with first-degree murder in the death of Italia Marie Kelly, 22. She had joined in a protest over the death of George Floyd after getting off work at a restaurant but was getting in a vehicle to leave because the gathering outside a Walmart had turned unruly.
She died of a single shot in the back and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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Police said in an arrest affidavit that Belz acted with “premeditation, malice aforethought and intent” to kill Kelly.
Belz was held in the Scott County Jail.
In Iowa, a conviction of first-degree murder carries a mandatory term of life in prison.
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