The second shooting happened on South Limestone Street just south of The Dome around 2:24 p.m. The shooting resulted in a car crashing into a house on the northeast corner of Limestone Street and Euclid Avenue.
Police found a juvenile male victim, Da’Meko Taborn, dead in the front of a black SUV. He had a gunshot wound to the head.
About 20 minutes later, another shooting was reported in the 200 block of East Euclid Avenue, a few blocks away. Police found a man with multiple gunshot wounds, and he was transported to Springfield Regional Medical Center before being transferred to Miami Valley Hospital.
A city spokesperson did not share details of that shooting victim’s condition.
Thursday night, a large crowd gathered on Euclid Avenue near Limestone Street for a balloon launch in Taborn’s memory.
Police did not comment early Thursday on how or if any of the three shootings were connected. They did not respond to News-Sun requests on whether anyone had been arrested in connection with the shootings, or whether there were ongoing safety concerns for residents in those neighborhoods.
The News-Sun asked neighborhood residents whether they were concerned about gun violence but few were willing to talk, and none on the record. One woman, who would not identify herself, said she heard shots outside her house Wednesday afternoon and locked her doors. She said gun violence is a concern.
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