On Thursday, January 5, 2023, Black male Jalen A. Williams, age 21, was shot in the 1200 block of Garden Hills Drive in Champaign just after 5:30 p.m. Officers rendered aid and rushed the 21 year old to Carle Foundation Hospital, where he was pronounced dead; an autopsy later confirmed multiple gunshot wounds.
Investigators canvassed the neighborhood, collecting several shell casings and noting bullet damage to nearby homes, while the shooter fled on foot.
Within a week, detectives
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