Authorities search for suspect after assault with injuries, Springfield IL

Assault

Reported: 11/19/2025 07:25 PM

E Laurel St, Springfield, IL

Police and fire units responded near 5th and Laurel Streets after an assault. They set up a perimeter and searched for a suspect using a drone. At least two people were injured and ambulances were dispatched.

Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety

03:16

Transcript:

00:00

I just wanted to make you aware you're responding to 5th and Laurel before you get too far out.

00:06

Copy, thank you.

00:09

You're welcome.

00:13

Senator Jim at 5th in the world.

00:15

Let's get a perimeter of the surface around the south towards the alley, west of 5th.

00:24

So let's get a couple blocks that we can set up to the south around there.

00:29

Maybe a few blocks.

00:32

Senate 4.

00:36

925 is at 4th in Laurel.

00:41

855 of you still at 4th in Oak?

00:45

Double.

00:47

Time for.

00:53

So you're going to go more to the east, over Isle Park?

01:00

Six Nash.

01:08

142, confirming four Mary David, Sam John, the Y truck plate, shorty start to Michael and Deborah Lindsay on Jerseyville-O8 Chevy truck.

01:17

104, can you sound back to the mail-registered owner?

01:22

104.

01:32

9.28, 10-4[1].

01:34

CM732, do you want the drone?

01:37

Yeah, let's get the drone going.

01:40

Me and Torres are going to start tracking on foot since we want to faint on.

01:45

10-4[1].

01:52

Let's go. Durson and Dane.

01:57

10-4[1].

02:02

On the perimeter,

02:05

east of the scene.

02:09

931, I'll head over there.

02:11

Time for her.

02:17

The morrow one, roughly.

02:27

Entium 10, respond to a call at near Sangamon Avenue.

02:33

So if they're generally, yeah, North 19th Street and North 17th Street.

02:53

Loved from overland by male blue pants by 50s.

02:59

For the unit of the end of 11th and Melrose, that was a possible suspect.

03:08

How many ambulance do you have coming to this?

03:12

Just one.

03:14

If you start us another, I think we're going to have two patients.

Police codes explained

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[1]

10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative

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