A 23-year-old Springfield man who was stabbed in a vehicle by Springfield police Saturday morning in the 2500 block of North Grand Avenue East later died at HSHS St. John’s Hospital.
Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon identified the man Saturday as Michael Gristy.
Preliminary findings from an autopsy conducted Saturday, Allmon said, showed Gristy died of multiple stab wounds.
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Springfield Police Deputy Chief Sara Pickford said the stabbing happened in the 3000 block of Louise Lane, about a minute away. Gristy apparently drove himself.
Pickford said “a person of interest” was quickly located by Springfield police at the Louise Lane location and taken in for questioning.
That person’s relationship to Gristy was not explained in the email.
It is the second homicide in the city this year, following the Keyon Day shooting on April 24 in the 2300 block of Taylor Avenue, across from Dreamland Park.
The investigation continues.
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