On the evening of April 17, 2023, 18-year-old Lavelle C. Rose III of East St. Louis, Illinois, was shot and killed while a passenger in a vehicle at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Calhoun Street in Springfield, Missouri. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. A female driver in the same vehicle was also struck by bullets but survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Investigators identified two suspects. On April 18, 2023, 21-year-old Justin L. Bartels of St. Louis was arrested and initially charged with 2nd Degree Murder, Armed Criminal Action, and 1st Degree Assault; he later pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and received a four-year sentence that was suspended in favor of five years probation. The second suspect, 21-year-old Xavier Moore of Springfield, was charged with 1st Degree Murder; a warrant was issued, he was later located in Chicago with U.S. Marshals’ assistance, and on June 25, 2023, he was extradited back to Missouri and booked into the Greene County Jail without bond pending trial.

Did anyone in Springfield or East St. Louis see the vehicle or the shooting that night and can add details?