UPDATED Tuesday, December 1, 2009 --- 8:08 p.m.

NBC15 has learned that Antonio Lavell Mance, 27, turned himself in to Beloit Police tonight with his attorney. Mance will make his initial court appearance within the next 48 hours.

Continue to follow this story for the latest updates.
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UPDATED Wednesday, November 25, 2009 --- 11:43 a.m.

BELOIT, Wis. (AP) -- Police in Beloit are looking for a 27-year-old man suspected in the fatal shooting near an elementary school.

The afternoon shooting Tuesday near Merrill Elementary School killed 22-year-old Derick Kimber of Beloit and left a 24-year-old man injured.

The Beloit Daily News reported Kimber was in a PT Cruiser at the time and it crashed into a telephone pole, backed up and eventually crashed into other vehicles in the school parking lot. The 24-year-old man also in the car was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds.

The suspect is wanted on a probation violation and is considered armed and dangerous. Police say he has recently been living in Beloit but has contacts in the Chicago and Wausau areas.

This is the city's fifth homicide in 2009.

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UPDATED Wednesday, November 25, 2009 --- 10:34 a.m.

Information from the Beloit Police Department:

Beloit Police investigators have identified a suspect in the shooting death of 22 year old Derick Kimber early yesterday afternoon. The suspect is wanted on a probation violation by the Department of Corrections. He is also wanted as a suspect in the homicide investigation. He is considered armed and dangerous.

We are asking for the assistance of the public in locating the suspect. He has been identified as:

Antonio Lavell Mance Male/Black DOB: 11/15/1982 5’08, 150, BLK, BRO

His latest photo is attached to this email. He is known to frequent the Chicago, IL area. He has recently been living in Beloit, WI. He has contacts in the Wausau, WI area as well.

If anyone has any information on his whereabouts, please contact their local law enforcement agency.
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UPDATE Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 -- 8:55pm
By Zac Schultz

Beloit: Around 1 p.m. a man was driving a silver car northbound on Porter Avenue in Beloit. As he crossed Randall Street more than 10 shots were fired from the west side of the street.

The driver made it another two blocks before losing control, running into a power pole and then crashing into a number of cars in the parking lot of Merrill Elementary.

One neighbor says she thought she heard 15 gunshots. "I came upstairs and all I heard was a lot of gunshots. It was crazy," says Ajia Wiley. "I saw people running towards the scene and I saw the guy pulling off in his car."

The driver has been identified as 22 year old Derick Kimber. Gretchen Thurman says Kimber is her husband and the father of her two children.
She got a call in the afternoon. "Somebody telling me that my husband was shot and I got here, they told me he was ok and I get to the hospital he's dead. They say somebody just walked up out of nowhere and just started shooting him."

Beloit Police say a 24 year old man was also shot and taken to the hospital. It's not clear if he was in the car when the shooting happened.

Merrill Elementary went into lockdown while police searched for suspects. Beloit Schools Security and Safety Coordinator Dan Stauffacher says he got there shortly after the school went into lockdown. "It was quite a mess. There was like 5 or 6 cars that were damaged, one car was pretty smashed up. I think officers were working on one of the people from the car doing CPR on him."

Gretchen says they moved here from Chicago five years ago. "We don't have any enemies. And for this to just happen out of nowhere, I just don't understand why."

Beloit Police say they have identified a suspect but no one is in custody.
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UPDATED Tuesday, November 24, 2009 --- 4:40 p.m.

The wife of the victim has identified the deceased as Derrick Kimber, 22-years-old. He and his wife have two children, ages 3 and 4. They moved to the Beloit area from Chicago a few years ago.

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UPDATED Tuesday, November 24, 2009 --- 3:55 p.m.

From the Beloit Police Department:

Beloit Police investigate a daytime shooting.

On 11/23/09 at 12:57 pm police dispatchers received telephone calls of residents hearing multiple gunshots near the intersection of Porter and Randall in Beloit. Seconds later, there was a report of a vehicle involved in a parking lot crash near Porter and Copeland Avenue.

Police arrived in the area to find a 22 year old subject of a shooting crashed in the parking lot of Merrill Elementary School. The school was immediately locked down by school officials. The person in the crashed vehicle was transported to Beloit Memorial Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead. The coroner is responding to the hospital. Police are on the scene of this crash gathering evidence.

A second person was transported from the area of Porter and Randall to the Beloit Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening gun shot wounds. Evidence of gunfire was found on Randall in the street. Police are in this area securing evidence of this incident.

The connection between the person in the vehicle and the pedestrian are not known. Detectives and patrol officers are in the area of Porter and Randall talking with witnesses to the incident.

If anyone has information about this incident they can call the Beloit Police Department Detective Bureau at 364-6800 or Crime Stoppers at 362-7463.

Multiple agencies were involved with the initial call and subsequent needs to secure scenes, gather evidence and maintain order. Units from the jurisdictions of Beloit Township and the Rock County Sheriff’s Department assisted during the first few hours of this call. All Beloit Police resources on first and second shifts are being used for this incident.

More information will be available on 11/25/09 after notification of relatives to the victim.

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UPDATED Tuesday, November 24, 2009 --- 3:25 p.m.

Beloit Police are at the scene of a fatal shooting.

It happened at approximately 1:00 p.m. in the Randall Street/Porter Avenue area of Beloit, according to Beloit Police Captain Bill Tyler.

Shortly after the shooting, a vehicle crashed into the parking lot of Merrill Elementary School. The school went into lockdown immediately.

Officers discovered the victim inside the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. He is an adult male. Police have identified him, but will not be releasing his name until his family is notified.

One other person was shot, and is hospitalized right now.

No one is in custody at this time. However, police are searching for a suspect in the Randall Street/Porter Avenue.

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UPDATED Tuesday, November 24, 2009 --- 3:13 p.m.

Milton Thompson, Superintendent for the School District of Beloit, tells NBC15 news that Merrill Elementary School is still in lockdown.

Thompson says the lock down is in response to a shooting nearby. Police tell him a person involved in that shooting is holed up a block or few blocks away. Police are diverting people away from this area.

The school is contacting parents about the situation. They have started the process of student pick-up.

BELOW: Release from Merrill Elementary School

Merrill School on Lockdown in Response to Community Incident

Beloit, WI – Early this afternoon, a shooting occurred in a Beloit neighborhood several blocks away from Merrill Elementary School. Though no children or School District staff members were injured as a result of these events, a vehicle allegedly involved in the incident damaged several cars within the Merrill staff parking lot. The school was immediately placed in a lockdown status after being notified by police of these events in accordance with standard emergency procedures. School officials contacted parents and advised them that they could retrieve their children if they wished.

Like many of our primary schools, Merrill Elementary is an integral part of the local neighborhood fabric. When tragic incidents like this occur, we are reminded of the fragility of that relationship and the need to remain focused on our primary responsibility; that being the physical safety of our students and staff.

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Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 --- 2:22 p.m.

NBC15 News has learned that Merrill Elementary School in Beloit is on lockdown.

The school is believed to be on lockdown due to a police incident. Beloit police will not comment on what that situation is.

The radio station WCLO 1230AM reports police are investigating a shooting nearby. The station stresses that the shooting did not happen at the school, only nearby.

Stay with NBC15 News and nbc15.com for the latest information.