Fatal Springfield bar shooting: New details emerge from deadly night

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A family member of the man shot and killed outside the Wagon Wheel bar in Springfield Sunday sat with him as he laid dying in the parking lot, according to a Springfield police report.

Springfield police responded at around 2:40 a.m. Sunday morning to the bar at 1005 South Burnett Road due to multiple people being shot. When they arrived, Jahream Beard, 35, was laying on the east side of the parking lot not moving, according to the report.

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A licensed practical nurse was giving Beard CPR when police arrived, according to the report.

“I also observed the victim’s nephew … sitting with the victim while (the nurse) administered CPR,” the report says.

The report says when medic units arrived they were unable to find a pulse for Beard.

Along with Beard, two others were shot according to police reports. Neither men suffered life-threatening injuries, the reports say. They nor witnesses could give police a good description of the suspect(s), the report says.

“I also spoke with the reporting person who stated she saw an unknown vehicle speed off our of the parking lot and head southbound on South Burnett Road but could not provide any other details,” the report says.

A man who was shot told police, according to a police report, that he was leaving the bar when he noticed a fight going on.

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“He was outside leaving the bar when h saw a large group of females arguing and getting physical with each other,” the report says. “He stated he then heard multiple gunshots, he then grabbed his mother and sister. he stated they rant to the vehicle while running he felt a hot pain …”

He asked his family to take him to the hospital, according to the report.

“He stated he did not see who was shooting or where the shots were coming from,” the report says.

In the report for the other victim, the man told police he also didn’t see too much before being shot.

“He stated they were walking to his car when he heard multiple gunshots from the parking lot,” the report says.

He told police he was also running to his car when he was shot, the report says.

The Springfield News-Sun reviewed other police reports in relation to the shooting and found three reports that stated cars were shot during the incident as well.

The case is still under investigation.

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