On the night of December 28, 2022, Springfield police responded to the 2200 block of North Link Avenue around 10:15 p.m. and found a man with multiple gunshot wounds in a driveway; he was transported to a hospital and later died. Officers then went to a nearby house and found 25-year-old Mackenzie Lashley-Childers inside; she had been shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at the scene. An infant in the home, found apparently unattended, was taken to hospital for minor injuries and later released to family.

The male victim has been identified as 30-year-old Deundrea Woods. The double homicide remained unsolved for over two years while investigators pursued leads. In May 2025 a Greene County grand jury indicted Walter Antwine Moore on two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Lashley-Childers and Woods, plus counts of assault, armed criminal action, and endangering the welfare of a child; Moore was already in custody in Pettis County on unrelated federal charges. A Greene County trial date has not been set.

Did anyone in Springfield know Mackenzie or Deundrea, or have information about North Link Avenue the night of December 28, 2022?