SPRINGFIELD — A man is critically injured, and another man is in custody in connection with two separate shootings in Springfield on Sunday.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00, the first shooting happened just after 9:30 a.m. at the 300 block of Fair Street in Springfield.
When officers arrived, they found a 51-year-old man shot inside a vehicle, according to a city of Springfield spokesperson.
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News Center 7’s Kylie Bridgeman said that churchgoers were coming and going from Sunday service when gunshots went off just doors away from a church.
Several people called 911 for help.
“He just came to give somebody a ride, and they just shot him, I don’t know why!” one caller said.
His son also called 911.
“Please come quick! Please come quick, bro! 90 per hour! Please, come quick!” he said.
Medics were already heading to the scene when another woman called, describing what she heard.
“I just saw a gunshot in the windows, and they’re screaming he’s been shot, he’s been shot,” she said.
Medics transported the victim to Springfield Regional Medical Center, where he was taken by medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital. The 51-year-old man is in critical condition.
Bridgemen was in Springfield on Sunday. Neighbors did not want to appear on camera.
A woman said that his kids were with him.
“He’s breathing, but he’s shot in the head. He is. He is breathing,” she told dispatchers.
“Do you know where in his head he was shot?” the dispatchers asked.
“It has to be the left side because it’s the driver’s side door,” she answered.
The victim has not yet been identified.
Bridgemen said that officers were dispatched to reports of a second shooting just minutes later.
At 9:55 a.m., officers responded to reports of gunshots near John’s Drive-Thru at the 800 block of W. Main Street. When officers arrived, they received information that the suspect responsible had entered a residence on North Jackson Street.
They responded to that location and arrested him without incident. A gun was also recovered from the resident, the spokesperson said.
The suspect has been identified as Rodney Oglesby, 42, from Springfield.
He was taken to the hospital for treatment of an unrelated medical condition.
Oglesby has been charged with three counts of felonious assault, one count each of attempted murder, discharging a firearm in a prohibited place, and having weapons while under a disability.
The shooting remains under investigation.
News Center 7 will continue to update this developing story.
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