Multiple gunshots were reported in the city's Brightwood and South End neighborhoods, but there were no known victims.
SPRINGFIELD -- Springfield police responded to reports of multiple shots fired in separate shooting incidents Wednesday night in Brightwood and the South End.
Around 8:50 p.m., multiple police units responded to the vicinity of 53 Orchard St. in Brightwood for a report of three gunshots fired by a man who was spotted running from the scene.
About 2 1/2 hours later, police responded to a report of multiple shots fired in the vicinity of William and Dale streets in the South End.
The South End reports were detected separately by the city's shot-spotter system, which first registered a single gunshot and quickly was followed by multiple shots, according to police reports.
Springfield Police Capt. William P. Collins had no further information about the Brightwood incident.
Capt. Cheryl C. Claprood said the South End shooting had not produced any known victims by around 12:20 a.m. Thursday.