SPRINGFIELD, Vt. — A shooting on Valley Street on Monday afternoon required that area buildings, including Springfield Hospital and the town’s schools and town library, be placed on lockdown while police searched for the suspect.
Todd Amell, 50, a resident of Valley Street in Springfield was shot in the leg at about 2:30 p.m., according to the Vermont State Police, which is investigating the incident along with the Springfield Police Department. Amell went by ambulance to the hospital, was treated and later released, police said in a news release late Monday night.
Police detained several people in connection with the ongoing investigation, but as of 10 p.m. Monday there was no one in custody facing charges. Members of the Vermont State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigations and Field Force Division and Springfield Police officers cleared the scene by 10 p.m.
A “shelter in place” order was issued for Springfield schools following the shooting on Monday, which delayed bus runs and the release of students for parent pick up at the district’s elementary schools, Union Street Elementary School and Elm Hill School on Hoover Street, according to the district’s Facebook page.
The order was lifted by 3:45 p.m.
Similarly, Springfield Hospital on Ridgewood Road was placed on lockdown “due to a safety risk in the area” a little before 3 p.m. on Monday, according to its Facebook page, as was Springfield Town Library on Main Street.
Monday’s shooting comes just weeks after a shooting on Park Street in Springfield. There were no injuries reported in that incident.
Anyone with information that could be relevant to the shooting is asked to contact the Westminster Barracks of the Vermont State Police at 802-722-4600. Tips also may be submitted anonymously online at https://vsp.vermont.gov/tipsubmit.
This story was updated at 12 p.m. Tuesday