SPRINGFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT

CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

Kenny Winslow
Chief of Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2017

Contact: Deputy Chief Dennis Arnold, 217.788.8305
dennis.arnold@springfield.il.us

Homicide Investigation
Springfield, Illinois On March 20, at approximately 1:03 p.m., Springfield Police responded to
the 1800 block of South 16th Street for a reported stabbing. Upon arriving, officers located an
unresponsive 17-year-old male lying in the parkway next to the street with what appeared to
be a single stab wound to the upper torso. The victim was transported to St. Johns Hospital
where he succumbed to his injury.

The suspect, a 17-year-old male, was apprehended in the 2100 block of South 14th Street a
short time after the incident. He was transported to the Springfield Police Department to be
interviewed by detectives. This investigation is on-going. Report #S17-24213.

Anyone with information concerning this crime or any other crime is asked to call the
Springfield Police Department at 217.788.8311 and/or Crime Stoppers anonymously at
217.788.8427.

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