Anthony McGrone, a 28-year-old African American man, was shot and killed inside a small, ramshackle house in the 2100 block of South Wirt Avenue in Springfield, Illinois, on March 28, 2014. He suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at Memorial Medical Center at 4:56 p.m. that day. The Sangamon County Coroner’s Office said the wound was consistent with a homicide.

A second man, 36, was shot in the head and survived. Witnesses reported teenagers running on foot toward the railroad tracks behind the house immediately after the shootings. Officers cordoned off the scene, used a police dog during the search, and conducted an extensive on-scene response.

Authorities later arrested several people in connection with the killing. Jason L. Underwood, 28, and Leon Neal, 28, were each charged with first-degree murder; Shanae S. Williams, 21, was charged with obstruction of justice. Police said robbery was believed to be the motive, with suspects entering the Wirt Avenue home intending to rob the occupants. The case highlights ongoing gun violence in that stretch of South Wirt Avenue; a 2011 shooting death of Anthony Gant Jr. a couple of blocks away remains unsolved.

Did anyone in Springfield’s South Wirt Avenue area see or hear anything that night that could help clarify what happened?