A Springfield man was the victim of a fatal shooting in a chaotic scene on East Carpenter Street Saturday evening.
Lajarvious Smith, 31, was pronounced dead at HSHS St. John’s Hospital just after 8:30 p.m. after being shot multiple times.
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Through a Sangamon County spokesperson, Sheriff Paula Crouch said that Smith was in a blue Dodge Charger with a 23-year-old unidentified female, who had non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
Crouch said Smith was in the driver’s seat while the woman was in the passenger’s seat.
Smith arrived at St. John’s in the Charger.
Detectives from the sheriff’s investigations division processing the scene and talking to witnesses determined over 50 shots were fired. They believe a dark, four-door sedan, last seen driving east on Carpenter Street, was involved in the shooting.
Anyone with information on the shooting can contact the sheriff’s office at 217-753-6840, or Crime Stoppers of Sangamon and Menard Counties at 217-788-8427.
Contact Steven Spearie: 217-622-1788; sspearie@sj-r.com; X, twitter.com/@StevenSpearie.
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