Sammie Tyrone McClinton, 45, was shot and killed in Springfield, Illinois, on the morning of July 25, 2024. Officers responded around 11 a.m. to ShotSpotter alerts and citizen reports of gunfire in the 700 block of North Fifth Street and found McClinton with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to HSHS St. John’s Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival; the Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, identified him.

Police arrested a suspect, 27-year-old Shelton A. Woolridge, less than two hours after the shooting in the 2700 block of South MacArthur Boulevard and reported recovering the firearm used in the homicide. A second arrest followed later: 21-year-old Keundra T. Daniels was taken into custody on August 29, 2024. Prosecutors filed multiple charges against both men; Woolridge was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, among other counts, and pleaded not guilty. Daniels was charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and related counts.

McClinton was born in Belzoni, Mississippi, on November 19, 1978; his family held funeral services on August 9, 2024. Did anyone in the Springfield area see or hear anything around North Fifth Street that morning that could help clarify what happened?