Multiple police units responded to a 3:47 a.m. report of gunfire in the city's Old Hill neighborhood on Sunday. A taxi driver reported being robbed at gunpoint by two armed men, at least one of whom fired multiple rounds in the vicinity of the crime scene.
SPRINGFIELD -- Police responded to the scene of an armed robbery and shooting incident involving a taxi driver shortly before 4 a.m. Sunday in the vicinity of 41 Chapel St.
Authorities said the driver was robbed at gunpoint by two armed men on Chapel Street, a short east-west block between Eastern Avenue and Logan Street in the city's Old Hill neighborhood.
The driver apparently was uninjured, but police reports indicated multiple gunshots were fired in the incident, which remains under investigation. It was unclear if the shots were directed at the driver, whose cab was not hit by gunfire, according to a Springfield police officer who responded to the 3:47 a.m. call.
Police questioned several people in connection with the incident, although it was not immediately known if any arrests were made.
Police did not identify the taxi driver, who told officers that the robbers made off with his cellphone and cash.
Authorities described one suspect as an Hispanic or light-skinned black male wearing a white shirt and a baseball cap with the letter "A" imprinted on the front, and the other as a black male dressed in black or dark clothing, including a dark scarf that covered his face.
"There were shots fired. It's not known if they were shooting at the victim (but) there definitely were some shots fired," an officer said.
It was not immediately known if the suspects were passengers in the cab, or if the robbery occurred before or after the driver dropped off a fare in the neighborhood.
More information will be posted on MassLive.com as it becomes available.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate site of an armed robbery and shooting incident reported early Sunday morning in Springfield: