Eric Wilson, a 54-year-old Black man, was shot inside an apartment on the 200 block of Orange Street in Springfield on the night of July 11, 2025. Gunfire around 10:30 p.m. wounded two men; both were taken to Baystate Medical Center. One companion survived with non-life-threatening injuries, while Wilson remained in serious condition and died on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

The case was handled by the Springfield Police Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Murder Unit, and investigators said they did not believe there was an ongoing threat to the community. A suspect was arrested on July 24, 2025: 32-year-old Sakawn Straw was taken into custody at a Revere Street home and charged with murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and multiple firearms offenses, including carrying a loaded firearm without a license and discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building.

Anyone who witnessed the shooting on Orange Street that night or who has information about the events leading up to it is asked to come forward.