Springfield man indicted on attempted murder following last month’s shooting near Wittenberg

Police pictured responding to a double shooting on the 500 block of Park Place that left two people hospitalized on Friday, June 20, 2025, in Springfield. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF

Police pictured responding to a double shooting on the 500 block of Park Place that left two people hospitalized on Friday, June 20, 2025, in Springfield. JOSEPH COOKE/STAFF

A Springfield man was indicted this week for shooting two people near Wittenberg University late last month.

Michael Bailey, 53, faces two counts of first-degree felony attempted murder, three counts of second-degree felonious assault, as well as one count each of first-degree felony aggravated robbery, third-degree felony theft of a firearm, third-degree felony having weapons while under disability, first-degree felony aggravated burglary and third-degree felony abduction.

The indictment stems from the June 20 shooting of a man and woman at a home on the 500 block of Park Place, a one-block side street off of West College and North Wittenberg avenues.

Police were dispatched to the house around 12:42 p.m. that day and found two people suffering gunshot wounds on the back patio. They were transported to the hospital, according to a probable cause affidavit.

No firearms were found at the scene, but there was evidence of guns being fired.

Witnesses and information led to Bailey, according to court records, and surveillance video corroborated this. The video reportedly shows Bailey shoot at the man through the backyard before going outside and shooting the woman from about five to eight feet away.

He was then seen kicking and “pistol whipping” the man while he was on the ground, according to court records. Bailey then allegedly took one of the victim’s gun from the ground and fled the scene.

Police found Bailey in the 100 block of Seever Street and arrested him for the shooting.

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