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Thomas Whitlock, of Springfield, is charged with murder, carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, and discharging a gun within 500 feet of a building, Springfield police said.
The shooting happened at 9 a.m. on Leland Drive, where police found a man bleeding from a bullet wound, police said. Paramedics rushed him to Baystate Medical Center, where he died of his injuries.
Police have not released his name.
Whitlock walked into Baystate a short time later for treatment. Police arrested him around 12:15 p.m. with the man's killing.
"The suspect and the deceased were well known to each other and are alleged to have shot one another," Ryan Walsh, a Springfield police spokesperson said.
The Springfield Police Homicide Unit and Hampden County District Attorney's Office are investigating the case.
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