On May 4, 2024, at about 2:50 p.m., the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting at a mobile home park in the 1000 block of North Edmond Street in Springfield, Illinois. The victim, Michael Anthony Newton, 33 and from Springfield, suffered at least one gunshot wound to the neck and was taken by EMS to HSHS St. John’s Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 3:21 p.m. An autopsy performed the following Monday confirmed death from a gunshot wound to the neck.

Investigators with the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office, assisted by the Coroner’s Office and the State’s Attorney’s Office, identified a suspect. Brandon L. Berner, 23 and from Springfield, was charged by arrest warrant on May 6, 2024, with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with Newton’s death. Berner turned himself in to the Springfield Police Department on the evening of May 6 and was transported to the Sangamon County Jail; a pre-trial detention hearing and arraignment were scheduled for May 8, 2024.

Are there witnesses or anyone with information about the shooting who can help clarify what happened that afternoon?