One man is in the Baystate Medical Center with a gunshot wound and four others are in police custody. Another man is still at large.
This is an update of a story posted at 2:30 a.m.
SPRINGFIELD - Police arrested four people early Friday morning after a shooting around 2 a.m. as the bars were letting out for the evening.
The victim is reportedly in serious but stable condition and undergoing surgery at the Baystate Medical Center with officers not far from his side.
City police were in the area on standard crowd dispersion duties when they heard several shots fired in the area.
Lt. John K. Slepchuck said that 25-year-old Donte Antuan King, of 48 Wellington St., Springfield, was charged with possession of a firearm without a license, possession of a stolen firearm, discharging a firearm withing 500 feet of a dwelling, breach of the peace while armed and possession of ammunition without a FID card.
King may be facing additional charges pending the outcome of the investigation.
"What we do know is that this suspect was seen by witnesses discharging the firearm then throwing it in the bushes," Slepchuck said. "There was a foot pursuit and we recovered the gun and took him into custody."
Tyson Veillette, 30, of 63 Suffolk St. and Dominique Gary, 25, of 41 McKnight St. were both charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest in relation to the overall disturbance, Slepchuck said.
An in a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, police also arrested 27-year-old Devon Holland of 12 Pleasant Street, West Springfield, as a fugitive from justice based on outstanding warrants out of New Hampshire relating to trafficking narcotics.
Police are also looking for another man who may be armed and fled from the scene immediately after the shooting.
He is described as a black man, approximately 6-feet tall and wearing a white t-shirt. He was last seen running west on Taylor Street.
King, Veillette and Gary were held awaiting arraignment in Springfield District Court while Holland was held awaiting extradition to New Hampshire.
Anyone with information about the shooting or the identity of the man still at large is asked to call the Springfield police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355.
Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to “CRIMES,” or “274637,” and then beginning the body of the message with the word “SOLVE.”
The map below shows the approximate location of the shooting that sent one man to the hospital Friday morning.