On the afternoon of April 29, 2021, a shooting on the north side of Springfield left 47-year-old Ryan L. King dead. Springfield Police responded to the 2200 block of North Kellett Avenue shortly after noon after a 911 call and found King outside the residence with a fatal gunshot wound.

Investigators from the Violent Crimes Unit interviewed witnesses and focused on a suspect identified as 24-year-old Phillip Gundersen of Long Lane, Missouri. Gundersen was located and booked into the Greene County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder. The Greene County Prosecutor’s Office reviewed the police evidence on April 30 and declined to file criminal charges at that time. The investigation remained active and detectives asked anyone with additional information to come forward.

If anyone has information about what happened on April 29, 2021, in the 2200 block of North Kellett Avenue, please contact Springfield Police or Crime Stoppers.