Arrested was Jahsen Thomas, 43, who is facing first-degree murder and other charges.
Reports say the victim was found with multiiple gunshot wounds on the ground in front of home.
Excerpted from newschannel20.com ▼
A woman who was shot to death in Springfield on Friday has been identified.
At approximately 11:42 a.m. on Friday, April 23, Springfield Police were called to the 200 block of Lincoln Avenue for a shots fired report.
At the scene, police found a man and a woman on the ground in the front yard of a home.
The woman had suffered numerous gunshot wounds.
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon identified the victim as 37-year-old Courtney Lynn Smith of Springfield.
She was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to Allmon, preliminary autopsy results indicate that Smith died of multiple gunshot wounds.
A suspect was arrested in the shooting on Friday.
Jahsen Thomas, 43, is facing charges of first-degree murder, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated discharge of a firearm, and possession of a firearm with no Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card.
[Woman killed in Lincoln Avenue shooting identified, by WICS/WRSP Staff, newschannel20.com, April 26 2021]
Image: Courtney Lynn Smith
https://www.staabfuneralhomes.com/obituary/courtney-lynn-smith/
Image: Jahsen Thomas
https://www.wandtv.com/jahsen-thomas/image_7ac937ae-a6ce-11eb-93b7-2796da759153.html
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