For your right to be curious.

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Join the NPR Illinois team!

Community Voices is seeking a co-host/editor to join Jeff Williams and Randy Eccles in getting to know our neighbors and more. Apply by May 25, 5 p.m.

The news department is seeking part-time fill-in anchor/reporters who are available either weekdays from 5:30 to 9 a.m. and/or 3:30 to 6 p.m. Apply by June 5, 5 p.m.

Springfield IL

Coroner identifies Rochester teen killed in shooting

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford

Published August 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM CDT

Flickr.Com/Appleswitch (Creative Commons) /

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has released the identify of a teen killed in a Springfield shooting Monday night.

Allmon said Ayden Randall Paige, 18, from Rochester was found shot with two other victims in the 2200 block of South 14^th street. Paige was pronounced deceased at 6:52 p.m. by HSHS emergency room staff shortly after his arrival.

An autopsy today showed Paige died from a single gunshot wound. The other victims sustained what was described as non-life threatening injuries.

Authorities continue to investigate.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Springfield Police Department at 217.788.8311 and/or Sangamon/Menard County Crime Stoppers at 217.788.84