In the predawn hours of August 22, 2018, 28-year-old Shavon Kelly of West Springfield was found in a car on Greenleaf Street in Springfield with fatal gunshot wounds. First responders transported him to Baystate Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Kelly was known to family and friends as Tank.

The Springfield Police Department Homicide Unit and the Hampden District Attorney’s Office opened an investigation. Authorities arrested a man named Calvin Roberson near the scene; he faced charges of illegal possession of a firearm, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer, but was not charged in Kelly’s killing. Roberson was later linked to and pleaded guilty to other murders, but those convictions did not include Kelly’s case.

As of late 2023 the homicide remains unsolved and the investigation is officially open. If anyone knew Shavon, his movements that night, or has information relevant to the shooting, please come forward.