Sangamon County detectives are investigating a shooting outside a Springfield bar early Thursday that sent a man to the hospital.
The incident happened around 2:45am Thursday outside the 3rd Base Sports Bar on Lowell Avenue. County deputies and officers from Springfield, Leland Grove, and Illinois State Police all responded to a call of shots fired outside the business. The suspect or suspects were gone by the time officers arrived.
Police were notified a short time later that a 31-year-old man had arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. His injury was not life-threatening. Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call the Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office.
