A man who was shot and killed on Saturday night, Aug. 12, has been identified as 41-year-old Dwayne Griffith of Springfield, the Hampden County District Attorney’s Office reported.
The shooting happened at about 9:20 p.m. near the intersection of State and Dresden streets. Police responded to a ShotSpotter activation and found Griffith with a gunshot wound, the office said. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he later died.
The homicide was the latest in an especially violent week that has left a total of four people dead by gunfire. There have been 22 homicides this year in the city.
Earlier on Saturday a man was killed and a woman seriously injured in a separate and unrelated shooting.
Police responded to a car crash near the intersection of Boston Road and Parker Street and found the victims. The man, later indentified as Abdikadir Hussein, died at the scene and the woman, who was driving, was taken to Baystate Medical Center by ambulance for treatment, authorities said.
The Springfield Police’s Homicide under the direction of Capt. Trent Duda is investigating the homicides with assistance from Hampden District Attorney Anthony Gulluni’s office.
Anyone with information about any of the crimes is asked to call the Detective Bureau at 413-787-6355 or anonymously Text-A-Tip by texting CRIMES (2-7-4-6-3-7), type SOLVE and then the tip.
