Hason Willis, 43, of Springfield, Illinois, was fatally shot on Adlai Stevenson Drive on October 4, 2021. Police received a ShotSpotter alert about 9:23 p.m., then multiple calls reporting shots fired and a person shot. Willis was taken to St. John’s Hospital and pronounced dead at 11:37 p.m.; the Sangamon County coroner ruled the cause of death a single gunshot wound and classified it a homicide.

Investigators say an altercation had occurred at the same location the night before, when a man identified as 37-year-old Christopher Hall of Beloit, Wisconsin, reportedly brandished a gun and threatened people there. Hall was arrested two days after the shooting at a Super 8 Motel in Springfield by Springfield police and U.S. Marshals. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, and was labeled an armed habitual criminal; a grand jury later returned an indictment. Authorities also say Hall had an outstanding Wisconsin parole-violation warrant at the time.

Willis’s death was the eighth homicide in Springfield in 2021. Anyone with information about the shooting, illegal firearms, or related activity is urged to contact the Springfield Police Department or Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers.