SPRINGFIELD — Police have identified the two people killed in separate shootings in Springfield on Wednesday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 5, As previously reported by News Center 7, the first shooting happened just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday in the 900 block of Elder Street.
Springfield Police said that officers arrived and found a man in his 30s, identified as Randy Graham Jr., who had been shot and killed after a party.
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Officers found a vehicle that was parked on Elder Street and appeared to have been shot in the driver’s side rear tire, which was hissing and flat.
The vehicle did not come back to Graham, but to an address on Elder Street.
Then, around 2:30 p.m., a car crashed into a home at the corner of South Limestone Street and East Euclid Avenue.
A juvenile, identified as Da’Meko Taborn, was found dead in front of a black SUV.
Medics transported another person to an area hospital.
Mary Poplin said she has lived in Springfield for 70 years and has never seen a police presence like Wednesday.
“It’s scary to even go out and go in because you don’t know what you’re gonna run into,” Poplin said.
Terry Whitmore has lived in Springfield most of his life.
“It kind of surprises me, but then again, it doesn’t surprise me. There’s a lot of tension in there. I guess, just overall,” Whitmore said.
Springfield police said they are looking to provide an update on the shootings in the coming days.
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