Two face gun charges in a Forest Park shooting incident.
SPRINGFIELD — Two people were arrested in the Forest Park neighborhood on a variety of gun charges after the city's ShotSpotter audio gunfire location system activated and directed police to a parking lot near the intersection of Allen and Hickory streets.
Springfield PoliceSpringfield Police Capt. Larry Brown said several police cruisers responded to the report of shots fired at approximately 2:15 a.m. Sunday. Once on the scene, officers found a spent shell casing next to the driver's door of one of two vehicles parked side by side. All the occupants of both vehicles were detained and a search of the cars produced a black semi-automatic handgun, stashed in the glove compartment of the vehicle operated by Jose Alvarado, 30, of 44 High St. in Springfield. He was arrested, as was a passenger in his car, Yeika Serano, 35, of 277 Main St. in Indian Orchard. Both were charged with possession of a firearm without a license, improper storage of a firearm, trespass with a firearm, possession of ammunition without an FID and trespass with a motor vehicle.
Both Alvarado and Serano are being held pending arraignment in Springfield District Court.
The HIckory Street incident was one of at least three ShotSpotter activations Sunday. Shell casings were found at two of the three alerts.