Robert Moffett, 32, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 6, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. The shooting occurred just after midnight in a parking lot at the southwest corner of Patton Avenue and Walnut Street. Springfield Police officers nearby heard gunfire and found Moffett with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

The Springfield Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit investigated. Detectives spent several months identifying a person of interest and located a suspect who was not a local resident. On July 21, 2021, 45-year-old Thomas Haynes of Florida was arrested in connection with the shooting and was charged the next day with second-degree murder by the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.

Anyone with information about Robert Moffett, his movements that night, or the parking lot at Patton and Walnut is asked to come forward.