BLUF (Again, how many times do you hear this?)
Other neighbors shared the sentiment: This is not the area where things like this happen.

Man reportedly killed in self defense in Springfield ID’d; neighbors shocked it happened

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — Police are investigating after an early morning shooting in Springfield Friday.

Officers were sent to a home in the 1700 block of Maiden Lane at 12:56 a.m. on a report of a shooting.

Upon arrival, they located a man, later identified as Anthony Walker Jr., 28, who had been shot multiple times. He was pronounced dead by Springfield Fire Rescue Division medics.

Authorities say the shooting was in self-defense, and that there are no threats to the public.

Neighbors in the area who say incidents like these are rare for this neighborhood.

They said that this area is typically quiet and that fireworks were the loudest disturbances they were used to.

One person said the fireworks they thought they’d heard early in the morning turned out to be gunshots.

“We heard about five pops and thought someone’s shooting fireworks again,” said a neighbor, who says she has lived nearby for years. “They started roping off the area so we knew something was up.

“It’s just like a quiet small town.”

The neighbor says they were stunned learning someone had been killed.

“We were pretty shocked that kind of excitement unfortunately coming around here,” she says. “It’s not normal. Not at all.”

Other neighbors shared the sentiment: This is not the area where things like this happen.