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Mohamed H. Dawod is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed criminal action

By Kathee Baird
The Greyhound Bus Station at 2425 N. Kearney in Springfield was closed for a time yesterday as police investigated a deadly shooting that took place near a ticket counter there shortly before 6 p.m.
Initial reports were that thirty two year-old Justin M. Hall, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was shot in the back and was not and breathing when he was transported to a local hospital.  He died of his injuries a short time later.

Hall, and the suspected shooter, Mohamed H. Dawod, 25, of Glendale, Arizona, had been passengers on the same bus and there reportedly had not been any problems between the two during their journey that originated in Los Angeles (final destination St. Louis.) But the two got into some sort of argument about 10 minutes after arriving in Springfield.
A passenger who was about two feet away from the victim says Dawood walked up behind Hall and fired a handgun one time.  The victim fell to the ground, and it appeared the gunman tried to fire another shot, but the gun jammed.  Another witness filmed a portion of the incident with his phone cam.
According to court documents, shortly after arriving in Springfield Dawod approached Hall and Patrick Beeman, a friend who had been traveling with Hall, while they were waiting in line to board another bus and asked, “if that was our bus.”
Authorities took statements from several witnesses at police headquarters before releasing them to complete their cross country travel. “This is going to be the only time, probably, to speak to them unless we go to their residences, and they’re from all over the country,” Lt. Scott Leven said.

Other customers in the lobby stormed the shooter and knocked the gun away and held him until police took him into custody.

Dawod is being held without bail in the Greene County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

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