On the night of October 26, 2015, police were called to an apartment at 2148 North East Avenue in north Springfield after a 911 caller reported finding a man not breathing. Responding officers and emergency medical personnel entered and found 35-year-old Tyrone Gardner deceased. Preliminary observations indicated a suspected gunshot wound, and the Springfield Police Department treated the death as a homicide.

Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Section processed the scene and the Greene County Medical Examiner’s Office was scheduled to perform an autopsy. Investigators interviewed witnesses, notified Gardner’s next of kin, and asked the public for help. Gardner was born in 1980 and graduated from Kickapoo High School in 1999.

Initial reports said no suspect had been identified and the case is listed among unsolved homicides. If anyone has information about Gardner or that night, contact the Springfield Police Department or submit an anonymous tip to Crime Stoppers.