CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) -- One person has died and another wounded in a shooting at the 2500 block of West Springfield Avenue early Sunday morning.
Champaign police arrived a the scene at approximately 12:31 a.m. Sunday morning to discover a crowd of almost 100 people and located a 32-year-old male suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound in the back. Officers provided medical attention to the victim at the scene, before being transported to a local hospital where he later died.
Police were made aware a 27-year-old male had also suffered a non-life threatening gun shot to the leg, was also transported to the local area hospital.
The preliminary investigation indicates a large number of people were gathered at the time shooting off fireworks. Police recovered nearly 40 shell casings at the scene.Â
Champaign police are asking for any business or residence in the area with a surveillance to notify the police department.
UPDATE: David E. Dalton Jr., 32, from Champaign was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m. He died at Carle Foundation Hospital Emergency Department in Urbana.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday, June 22. The death is being investigated by the Champaign County Coroner's Office and the Champaign Police Department.
