Shooting reported at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus
Source: CBS News
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sent out an alert early Sunday morning warning of a shooting on campus.
Police later confirmed there was a shooting, but have provided few other details.
The City of Champaign tweeted early Sunday that there were two shooting incidents, and that a total of five people were wounded. It is not clear, however, which shooting took place on campus.
The shooting was first reported around 1 a.m. on Sunday. About two hours later, the school sent out an alert saying the gunman had left the campus.
Police are investigating a shooting near Third and Green. Please avoid the area and call @ChampaignPD if you have information. #UIUC
U of I Police (@UIPD) September 25, 2016
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)VMA131Marine
(4,124 posts)Terrible. I went to grad school at UIUC so its sad to see stuff like this happening there.
Rincewind
(1,199 posts)not on campus.