SPRINGFIELD — Police are investigating after a woman was found dead on the side walk in the 1400 block of South Fountain Avenue in Springfield early Sunday morning.
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The woman is possibly in her late twenties and was found with a gunshot wound to the head at around 7:20 a.m., according to Springfield police.
Police do not have the identity of the woman at this point and there is no information on suspects. They were able to clear the scene around noon.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The death is being investigated as a homicide, police said.