Police investigate a deadly shooting between 2 drivers on I-44 in Springfield, Mo.; 1 driver arrested

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – Police are investigating a deadly shooting involving two drivers near I-44 and Kansas in Springfield.

Police say the disturbance happened between two drivers on I-44. Police say the drivers began ramming each others’ vehicles at Glenstone and I-44. It escalated at Kansas and I-44 when one driver began shooting. The gunfire hit one driver. The driver later died from injuries at a Springfield hospital.

Police arrested the suspected shooter.

Police ask drivers to avoid the Kansas and I-44 area. The westbound exit from I-44 onto Kansas remains closed. Police are diverting southbound Kansas Expressway traffic to I-44 from north of I-44.

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