Five shot, one killed, after fight at party on University of Illinois
campus, police say
Published September 25, 2016
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. One man was killed and four other people were wounded in
a pair of shootings early Sunday, including one that happened on the
University of Illinois campus.
Police believe the two shootings in the eastern Illinois city of Champaign
may be related. They say the first apparently stemmed from an argument
shortly after midnight at an apartment party on Green Street, the commercial
heart of the campus.
"Our preliminary investigation completely points to an argument taking place
at the party and the argument spilled out into the street and that's when a
fight occurred," Champaign police spokeswoman LaEisha Meaderds said, adding
the reasons for the fight aren't clear yet.
Shots were fired as the fight escalated, striking four people, she said.
One of those shot, 22-year-old George Korchev, was killed, Meaderds said.
She said Korchev, who was from the Chicago suburb of Mundelein, wasn't
involved in the fight and wasn't a University of Illinois student. He just
happened to be walking by when the shots were fired. The other three were
taken to a hospital for treatment of what police called non-critical gunshot
wounds.
Less than half an hour later, police received a report of another shooting a
few blocks west of campus. Officers found a victim, who was taken to a
hospital and treated for a non-critical wound.
Police are searching for a suspect or suspects in the shootings and for the
driver of a vehicle that struck someone who was running away from the
gunfire at the first scene. That person's injuries were minor.
It isn't clear how many people were at the party because many ran when the
gunfire began, Meaderds said. Police are hoping to find and speak to as many
as possible.
Champaign Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen said in a statement Sunday that city
and university police were working together to aggressively pursue all
leads.
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