Man arrested in connection to Springfield bar shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Office has announced an arrest in connection to a shooting earlier this month at a Springfield bar.
The shooting happened at The Cove on North Dirksen Parkway the morning of May 6. A bouncer was shot in the hip after he confronted people who were loitering in the parking lot; he was treated at the hospital and then released.
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Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office investigated the shooting and from their investigation, the Sangamon County State’s Attorney’s Office issued an arrest warrant for Cody T. Desilva, a 29-year-old from Springfield. On Thursday, the a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force located Desilva at a motel in Troy, Ill. and arrested him.
Desilva is charged in Sangamon County with aggravated battery with a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm and possession of a weapon by a felon. He is also charged with other felonies in Madison County, where Troy is located. He remains in custody at the Madison County Jail.
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