Emmanuel Boston, 34, was shot and killed near the intersection of N. 24th Street and Allison Court in Springfield, Illinois, on Saturday, July 8, 2023. He was transported to HSHS St. John’s Hospital and pronounced dead at 6:29 AM. The Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allman, identified Boston; an autopsy was scheduled for the following Monday and the death is under investigation by the coroner’s office and the Springfield Police Department.

Boston is survived by his father, Marco Allen; stepmother Tamara Hodge-Allen; his children Landon Boston, Emari Boston, Kai'Dynce Boston, and Emiji Boston; several siblings including Robert, Johnnie Jordan, Pierre Jordan, and Mariah Allen; grandmothers and an extended family of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.

Did anyone in the Springfield area see or hear anything near N. 24th Street and Allison Court around the early morning of July 8, 2023?