On the night of January 15, 2026, 22-year-old Brandon Watt was shot near the intersection of Kimbrough Avenue and Elm Street in Springfield, Missouri. Officers found Watt with gunshot wounds shortly before midnight; he was transported to a local hospital and later died of his injuries.

Police arrested 20-year-old Dawson Smith at the scene; Smith was booked into the Greene County Jail and the case was referred to the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office for review. Investigators have said the motive and the circumstances that brought Watt and Smith together that night remain questions to be answered.

Watt is remembered by family and employers as hardworking, positive, and committed to his work. Does anyone who was in the Kimbrough and Elm area that night have information about what happened or about Watt and Smith’s movements before the shooting?