Police responded to a report of three shots fired around 4:28 a.m. Saturday in the vicinity of Girard Avenue and Bay and Princeton streets, where a spent shell casing was recovered. Police responded to a nearly identical incident less than 24 hours earlier.
Police responded to a report of three gunshots fired in the McKnight neighborhood around 4:30 a.m. Saturday, but it wasn't immediately known if anyone was injuredSPRINGFIELD -- Authorities responded to a report of three gunshots fired in the McKnight section of the city shortly before 4:30 a.m. Sunday, but it wasn't immediately known if anyone was injured in the incident, which drew multiple police cruisers to the neighborhood.
An officer reported recovering at least one spent .38-caliber shell casing in the vicinity of Girard Avenue and Bay and Princeton streets, but specifically who or what was targeted remains under investigation.
As of 6 a.m. Saturday, city police said they had not received any reports from area hospitals regarding a possible gunshot victim.
Less than 24 hours before Saturday's shooting, police responded to an early Friday report of shots fired in the vicinity of 15 Girard Avenue, or roughly the same location as Saturday morning's shooting.
Investigators don't know if the incidents are linked, Springfield Police Lt. James Rosso said.
As Saturday's police response developed, various officers could be heard on their police radios. One officer confirmed that at least three shots were detected by ShotSpotter, the state-of-the-art acoustic technology used by the Springfield Police Department to detect gunfire since 2008.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a 4:28 a.m. Saturday shooting incident in Springfield.