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Springfield Police are investigating the city's 9th homicide of 2014 after 26-year-old Lamar P. Kelly was found dead with a single gunshot wound near William DeBerry Elementary School on Union Street in the city's Old Hill neighborhood around 5 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014.

(ELIZABETH ROMAN/ THE REPUBLICAN)

SPRINGFIELD — While some city residents were enjoying a weekend highlighted by a bright Supermoon and the successful Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival, others found themselves involved in spats of violence that kept first responders and doctors at the Bay State Medical Center busy.

The city's 9th homicide of the year took place Saturday around 5 p.m. when police arrived at William DeBerry Elementary School on Union Street in the city's Old Hill neighborhood to investigate after a Shotspotter activation and 911 calls. The victim, 26-year-old city resident Lamar P. Kelly, was found with a single gunshot wound and was, according to police, in possession of a bag of white powder thought to be cocaine weighing approximately 53 grams.

Kelly was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he was pronounced dead and police are looking for a small gray Honda which was seen speeding off around the time of the shooting.

The shooting, according to police, is not believed to be a random attack.

Police continue to investigate a shooting that left one man injured during a house party at an apartment at 403 Orange St. in the city's lower Forest park neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014.

Another shooting with a victim took place around 4 a.m. Sunday at a house party in an apartment near the intersection of Orange and Palm streets. Police report that an officer on patrol heard the gunshot coming from an apartment at 403 Orange St. in the lower Forest park neighborhood that left a man injured on the back porch of the residence.

Although police and a K-9 unit chased the suspect, described as a dark-haired male in his 20s, wearing white pants and a black shirt, he avoided being arrested. The victim was taken to Baystate Medical Center where he was expected to live following emergency surgery.

Several unrelated stabbings reported on Saturday and early Sunday morning also left victims in their wake.

Just after 1 a.m. in the area near Stearns Square in the city's downtown area, a clash between two groups of men left at least two victims needing medical attention.

Police reported that one victim was found in a parking lot on Worthington Street across from the Fat Cat Bar and Grill around 1:18 a.m. That man had stab wounds to the back and the back of his neck and was rushed to the hospital by ambulance.

A second victim was initially walking away until stopped by police and also sent to the hospital via ambulance. An update on the conditions of the men wasn't immediately available Sunday morning.

Police are reviewing surveillance video from the area and the investigation is ongoing as no arrests have been reported.

Another stabbing was reported just before 3 a.m. at a house on Farragut Street in East Springfield. Initial reports from the scene indicated a male victim was stabbed four times, but the extent of his injuries wasn't immediately known.

Police are still investigating each of the aforementioned incidents and anyone with information is asked to call the Springfield Police Detective Bureau at (413) 787-6355. Those who wish to remain anonymous may text a tip via a cell phone by addressing a text message to "CRIMES," or "274637," and then beginning the body of the message with the word "SOLVE."