Submitted by magius311 t3_xurdi3 in springfieldMO
Anyone know what's going on there? Coming back from lunch, and there's a bunch of police with crime scene tape through the parking lot and out into the road. They're blocking what looks like all of westbound Battlefield Road.
Wife works at hyvee. She thought she heard a gunshot before going into the building. As I was picking her up i saw they were using tarps or something to block the view of whatever was going on.
KY3 is saying he has life-threatening injuries, doesn't say he died though:
https://www.ky3.com/2022/10/03/police-investigate-shooting-parking-lot-springfield-mcdonalds/
Edit: Not disputing you, just saying if he died it hasn't been reported yet.
Jesus, in broad daylight?!
i saw the immediate aftermath of the event. victim was unresponsive while medics tried to resuscitate him. plus factoring in where he was shot, it's highly unlikely he survived. the scene legitimately looked like a bloodbath.
Man, if they were trying to resuscitate him he doesn't have much of a chance. Sorry you had to see that, I know it can be difficult even just to witness something like that.
Thank you for responding. That's fucking crazy.
Right?! And despite the headline that's like the "nicer area" of SW Springfield. I tend to assume that anyways. I know Hy-Vee prices are attractive to a higher income populace.
But I was told violent crime only occurs in poor neighborhoods on the northside
Unfortunately the nicer areas don't really apply anymore. Springfield got too big too quickly.
Lol I wish
Thank you for the news link. It's so disturbing when you don't know where all your family are.
As long as we’re wishing how about no violent crime at all?
News Leader with the most info
Witnesses say they saw the victim walking when a car pulled up and the driver and victim began arguing. Witnesses say the driver then shot the man before fleeing the scene.
The victim was transported to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Investigators believe the victim and shooter knew each other; however no information about a suspect is being released at this time.
Thank you!
Nothing about that side of town is remotely safe. Southwest Springfield, while "nice" is riddled with open daylight crime, this isn't new to anyone who lives in that region of town.
Seems like over the last few years crime has exploded and become much more common even in "nice" areas. We have the same problem in Joplin. Not long ago there was some parking lot dispute at a nice shopping center here where I go all the time, cops showed up and one of the dudes shoots all the cops. Had a guy get shot and killed right in front of the movie theater a couple years ago. Seems like I am hearing about a shooting every other week anymore and too often it's some weird altercation in broad daylight in some public place. There has also be an increase in aggressive panhandling and homeless camps popping up in parts of town where this was never very common in the past.
Society is going off the rails.
taciturnGentry t1_iqx39xi wrote
some dude got shot and killed. i was sitting at the McDonald's with my mom when we heard the shots and tons of people were distressed and upset.