A body could be seen on the sidewalk outside a home shortly after 1:30 p.m.
06.01.2011 | SPRINGFIELD - Police Detectives gather at the scene of a shooting on Norwood Street in the South End Wednesday afternoon. SPRINGFIELD - A domestic disturbance on Norwood Street ended with a gunshot Wednesday afternoon.
A body could be seen on the sidewalk outside a two-family home on the South End street shortly after 1:30 p.m. A heavy police presence was reported in the area as streams of caution and crime scene tape blocked off the street.
Jose Bernal, who lives in the house next door, said he was inside when he heard an argument erupt between a man and a woman outside.
"I kept hearing a woman scream 'Get off my property, get off my property'," Bernal said.
The man appeared to back off, Bernal said, but then he returned. "He went after her," Bernal said. "After that I heard a loud gunshot."
Carmine Orsini, another neighbor in the row of three two-family homes, said the man -- the apparent victim in the shooting -- has been a frequent visitor to the home, and that the woman always asks him to leave her property.
"He always comes to harass her," Orsini said, noting that in the past she has heard him say things like "No, you are mine."
This is a developing story. Details will be added as they become available. George Graham contributed reporting from the scene.