Authorities received multiple reports of gunshots fired in the vicinity of 221 Wilbraham Road around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, but they had yet to make any arrests by daybreak.
SPRINGFIELD -- Police received multiple reports of gunshots fired in the vicinity of 221 Wilbraham Road at 2:35 a.m. Saturday, but by daybreak had yet to make any arrests in connection with the incident, according to Springfield Police Lt. Jeffrey Rosso.
Authorities identified a possible male suspect who was involved in a previous gun assault near that address Friday. That man, police said, had threatened to come back and "shoot the place up."
Initial police reports indicated multiple shots were fired near the Wilbraham Road address, which is located between Albemarle Street and Villa Parkway. But additional 911 calls reported hearing shots near the corner of Wilbraham Road and Norfolk Street, several blocks east of the original location, suggesting that the gunfire had come from a "moving vehicle," police said.
Law enforcement officials at American International College, which borders the suspected shooting area, also reported hearing the shots, police said.
Rosso had no more information about the incident, which remains under investigation.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of where police received reports of multiple gunshots fired early Saturday morning: