A 27-year-old man is dead in the fourth homicide in or near Springfield in the past ten days.
Henry Joiner died of a single gunshot wound to the abdomen after being shot outside a residence on Brandon Court Sunday night.
Springfield police have not made any arrests, and have not publicly discussed a possible motive in the killing.
Two other men were gunned down in Laketown two weekends ago, and a 25-year-old woman was strangled in her home last week.