CHAMPAIGN, IL (Chambana Today) – Champaign Police have made an arrest following an investigation into a shooting incident on Wednesday. Champaign Police were dispatched to Fourth St. and Nelson Court just before noon after a report of gunfire in the area. Officers found evidence of gunfire in the 300 block of Nelson Court, including shell casings. No injuries were reported in relation to this incident, but damage was noted to a home and a vehicle.
The investigation indicated that gunfire was exchanged in the area. Afterward, a seventeen-year-old male subject from Champaign fled on foot into a nearby home, in the 300 block of Nelson Court. Champaign Police served a search warrant at the residence, and that subject was arrested on initial charges of Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapons. He remains in custody at the Champaign County Juvenile Detention Center.
Even though an arrest has been made, the investigation remains ongoing. Champaign Police ask that anyone who has additional information please call 217-351-4545. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may also submit tips to Crime Stoppers at: 217-373-8477 (TIPS); online at 373tips.com; or the “P3 Tips” mobile app.
All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.