On the morning of Saturday, March 26, 2022, a shooting at a residence in the 2400 block of East Commercial Street in Springfield, Missouri left 30-year-old Johnny Hipol dead. Officers arrived shortly before 9:00 a.m. after reports of gunfire and found Hipol and a second man with gunshot wounds. Hipol was pronounced dead at the scene; the other victim was taken to hospital and later released.

Investigators say the violence grew out of an interpersonal dispute involving 29-year-old James Lee Young of Aurora, Missouri. In the days before the shooting Young allegedly sent threatening texts to a former girlfriend who was at the house. On the morning of March 26 Young reportedly confronted residents at the front door, forced his way inside and became involved in a physical altercation. Witnesses said Hipol tried to defuse the situation and fired a warning shot before an exchange of gunfire; Young is accused of firing the shots that killed Hipol. He was identified by homicide detectives and later arrested and charged with second-degree murder and burglary.

Does anyone have information about the events at that East Commercial Street residence on March 26, 2022?