On the night of October 28, 2023, Jacob Jake Gatten, 33, was shot in the 2400 block of South Sheridan Boulevard in Springfield, Missouri after a disturbance in the street. Police were called about 9:59 p.m. for reports of gunfire; officers found Gatten on the roadway with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital and died later that night.

Gatten was a father to a young son named Abel and worked in construction, having started his own company after learning the trade with his father. Investigators say an argument in the street escalated and multiple shots were fired. Two people were initially taken into custody: 19-year-old Tanine Punyamra and a 17-year-old juvenile. Punyamra was released without charges; prosecutors charged the 17-year-old with second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon and referred the case to the Greene County Juvenile Office. Detectives continue to seek information about the shooting.

Did anyone in the Springfield area see or hear anything that night that could help investigators?