Springfield, Missouri – The Springfield Police Department has provided an update on a murder-suicide on Tuesday. SPD said in a social media post that its officers responded to a well-being check at the John B. Hughes Apartments at 2100 North Clifton Avenue around 3:56 p.m. on April 15, 2025. At the scene, officers reportedly found … Read more
Springfield, Missouri – The Springfield Police Department has provided an update on a Friday morning shooting at a business at 208 East Kearney Street. According to an SPD release, officers responded to a burglary in progress at the location around 11:01 a.m. on April 11, 2025. Police say responding officers found a man and woman … Read more
The Springfield Police Department says a man has been charged with Animal Abandonment after a box of puppies was left near a bus stop. According to SPD, a community member found the bus near a box stop on 54th Street on December 5, 2024. Police say the individual heard noises coming from the box and … Read more
The Springfield Police Department reports that it is investigating an officer-involved shooting. According to SPD, one person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police say no officers or citizens were injured. SPD says its officers responded to check the well-being of a man with a firearm who was making suicidal statements near Golden … Read more
The Springfield Police Department has announced the arrests of 44-year-old Brandon Rogers and 36-year-old Heather Black for allegedly abusing and tasing a 7-year-old boy. SPD and the Department of Human Services initiated an investigation following a report of child abuse involving a 7-year-old boy with multiple injuries all over his body on September 17, 2024. … Read more
The Springfield Police Department has announced the arrest of a suspect in a double murder on July 5. SPD says 40-year-old Jeffrey Garrett was arrested in Waynesboro, Mississippi for the July 5 murders of 46-year-old Jack Osborn and 44-year-old Melissa Evans. On October 14, SPD’s Crime Stoppers received a tip that led to the arrest … Read more
The Springfield Police Department has identified the victim in this morning’s fatal shooting as 23-year-old Darion Williams. SPD confirms that the suspect has been identified and located. The suspect was arrested on unrelated charges. Charges have not been filed in this incident. Around 2:42 a.m. on September 21, 2024, SPD officers responded to a report … Read more
The Springfield Police Department has announced an arrest in connection to an early Sunday shooting. SPD reports that its officers responded to a call about a man shot in the parking lot of the Wicked Superstore at 425 East Kearney around 3:22 a.m. on July 28. At the scene, officers found evidence of a shooting. … Read more
A Greene County Sheriff’s Office deputy was shot during the apprehension of a Springfield man. GCSO reports that members of the Fugitive Apprehension Unit responded to a residence in the 1400 block of East Blaine Street in Springfield, Missouri around 3:50 p.m. on June 17. FAU deputies were serving a felony warrant to 41-year-old Theodore … Read more
The Springfield Police Department has provided an update on the investigation into two suspicious deaths. Around 6:43 p.m. on March 31, 2024, SPD officers responded to a residence in the 1000 block of South 70th Street in Springfield regarding two suspicious deaths. The individuals have been identified as 48-year-old Kristin Bennett and her 9-year-old daughter. … Read more