Camren White, 19, was killed in Springfield on April 7, 2025. Officers responded to reports of gunfire and a disturbance around 1 a.m. in the 800 block of West Lenox Avenue and found White suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was taken to Springfield Memorial Hospital and later pronounced dead; an autopsy that day confirmed he died of multiple gunshot injuries.

White was born February 27, 2006, in Decatur, Illinois, and grew up in Stonington. A Taylorville High School graduate who played football and basketball, he worked for Meyers Roofing Associates in Springfield and belonged to Roofers Local 112. Friends and family remember him as carefree and fun-loving; he enjoyed basketball, rap music and fishing at the lake.

The investigation is active and no arrests have been reported. Authorities are asking residents near West Lenox Avenue to check home security footage and the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help identifying people who may have been in the area around 1 a.m. Does anyone in Springfield have footage or information from that time?