Springfield North End Shooting

Police investigate a shooting on Main Street in the city's North End Friday where a man, pictured on the gurney above, was grazed by a bullet while getting a haircut. (Republican photo by Dave Roback)

The is an update of a story posted at 2:44 p.m. Friday.

- A customer getting a haircut in a North End barbershop escaped injury Friday afternoon when he was grazed by a bullet fired from in front of the shop on Main Street, police said.

The man was sitting in the barber chair at Cecilia's Unisex #2 barbershop, 2890 Main St. at 2:20 p.m. when a bullet crashed through the window and hit him in the shoulder, said Springfield police Sgt. John Delaney, aide to Police Commissioner William Fitchet.

Delaney said the man's injury was minor, characterizing it as graze wound. He said the man, a 23-year-old city resident whose name was not disclosed by police, did not need to be taken to the hospital.

Several shots were fired on Main Street near the barbershop but police have not determined if they were fired by someone on the street or in a passing car.

Witnesses who heard the shots saw some men running down the street, but it is not clear if they had anything to do with the shooting, Delaney said.

The man who was struck was sitting in the barberchair with his back to the front window. Delaney said the man told police he heard gunfire and felt being hit but did not see anything.

Police do not believe he was the intended target.

Police recovered one spent bullet from inside the barbershop.

The shooting comes a day after the police department announced a $120,000 expansion of the ShotSpotter system in the North End.

The Shotspotter system picked up four gunshots. In audio of the shooting obtained by The Republican, one shot can be heard, followed by three more in close succession.

Detectives are continuing to investigate, Delaney said.

Anyone with information are 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."