Gary Broomfield, an 18-year-old African American from Springfield, Illinois, was shot multiple times during a large fight at an apartment building in the 2100 block of Lake Victoria Drive on the night of September 7, 2020. He was transported to HSHS St. John’s Hospital and pronounced dead at 3:35 a.m. on September 8, 2020. The Sangamon County coroner, Jim Allmon, confirmed his death and reported multiple gunshot wounds to his lower body.

The shooting was one of several violent incidents in Springfield around that time and counted as the city’s ninth homicide for 2020, matching the prior year’s total. Broomfield had attended Lanphier High School, worked as a crew leader at Sonic Drive-In, and left behind a four-month-old daughter, Gabriella. His mother, Nelra Michelle Broomfield, had been fatally shot in 2016, and his older brother, Larry Broomfield, was serving a 30-year sentence for a 2015 murder.

Authorities arrested 18-year-old Richard A. Lee, Jr., of Springfield and the Sangamon County State’s Attorney filed first-degree murder and related weapons and obstruction charges against him on September 30, 2020; Lee was held on $3 million bond with a preliminary hearing set for October 8, 2020. Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew Gary and his routines?