SPRINGFIELD — Springfield police said they heard nearly 30 gunshots in a shooting that led to a chase and two crashes involving almost a half-dozen cars.
According to new information from Springfield police Wednesday, video obtained by a News Center 7 viewer appears to show officers arresting 19-year-old Shelton Threats.
Police said he had just run from an SUV full of shooting suspects that officers were chasing.
One witness told News Center 7 what he noticed once Threats was in handcuffs.
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“It appeared that he had a wound on his ankle. a gunshot wound on his ankle,” the witness said.
Springfield police said Wednesday that Threats was hospitalized for the gunshot wound.
Noe Bustos gave me his cell phone video of the arrest.
“There was a car crash that happened right when they tackled the man to the ground,” Bustos said.
Officers were chasing that SUV full of shooting suspects from an incident along West Southern Avenue.
During that chase, state troopers say a Springfield officer in this unmarked car hit a pickup at the intersection of Main and Belmont.
A total of four drivers collided here including Ciera Bannick.
“It was just like time moved so slow but so fast at the same time,” Bannick said.
Springfield police also provided new details about what happened when they went to the shooting scene along West Southern Avenue that started all this.
As an SUV full of suspects took off police say 26-year-old Raekwon Hall ran.
That’s when a Springfield officer hit Hall with their unmarked car in an alley off Southern.
Hall suffered minor injuries, but kept running and was caught a few blocks away.
That’s where officers say they found a handgun.
We will continue to follow this story.
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