On the evening of Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 22-year-old Lydale Mitchell was found inside a vehicle on the 100 block of Cuff Avenue in Springfield, Massachusetts, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Officers arrived at about 9:00 p.m.; emergency crews took Mitchell to Baystate Medical Center, where he later died of his injuries.

The Springfield Police Department’s Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Office Murder Unit opened a joint investigation. No suspects have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced; the case remains under active investigation.

If anyone was in the area of Cuff Avenue that evening or has information about Mitchell’s movements or the shooting, please contact Springfield authorities with what was seen or heard.