One man is dead and another man was detained after an altercation in Springville.
A heavy police presence could be seen early Monday morning around apartments on Forman Street.
According to Springville Police Chief Wayne Walton, two men were involved in an altercation. Walton wouldn’t say whether the altercation took place inside or outside of the apartments and would not release any details about the altercation at this time. He confirmed one man is deceased and another man was detained by police. Walton said there is no danger to the community.
Walton would not comment on the manor of death due to the ongoing investigation.
Both men are reportedly residents of Springville. Walton confirmed one of the men lived in the apartments.
Nathan Turner lives across the street. Turner said he called 911 when he heard the altercation.
“My wife and I and my in laws were over here, it was about 9 o’clock,” Turner described. “It was kinda alarming because we have a 15 day old baby, so that was alarming, but the kids were asleep.”
Turner said police responded very quickly.
“I felt once they showed up on scene everything was fine,” said Turner. “That made me feel pretty good living right across the street.”
Turner said he was shocked when he heard what happened, especially so close to home.
“It makes me feel like nowhere is as safe as it seems. I will say like I said before, the local law enforcement in Springville does a great job. We will be up with the baby and we will see a police officer drive down the street so I know it’s well taken care of in this area so I am not too worried about it. It does alarm me a little bit knowing we’ve got little kids in here and my kids run around and play out here all the time, fortunate enough this happened at night and not during the day so I didn’t have to worry about them being out here.”
The name of the victim and the person detained have not yet been released.
“Very sad,” Turner reacted, stating he talked to family members of the victim. “Seeing them in the distress they were in and how it affected them, I couldn’t image seeing my father laying like that or anything like that.”
“My heart goes out to them,” added Turner. “I couldn’t imagine being in their shoes.”
Police were still on scene at 2:00 a.m. Monday morning.
Police are still collecting evidence and law enforcement agencies are still investigating, Walton explained.
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