Leslie Broomfield was 19 and from Springfield, Illinois. Late on the night of November 21, 2025, a vehicle had crashed into a detached garage in the 2400 block of South 13th Street. Responders arriving shortly before 11 p.m. found Broomfield inside the car with apparent gunshot wounds; he was taken to Springfield Memorial Hospital and pronounced dead at about 11:40 p.m. An autopsy by Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon determined the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds and formally classified the death as a homicide.

Springfield Police detectives and Crime Scene units took over the investigation after officers discovered the shooting at the crash scene; the initial call had reported only a vehicle striking a structure. As of late November 2025, authorities had not released motives or identified suspects, and no arrests were mentioned in news coverage. Friends and neighbors remember Broomfield as bright, caring, and warm, and public appeals have asked anyone with information to contact the Springfield Police Department or Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers.

Did anyone in Springfield see or hear anything around South 13th Street on the night of November 21 that could help investigators?