Crime

Shots fired after central Illinois basketball game

Shots were fired into a crowd outside a high school basketball game Friday night in Champaign, leaving several injured.

The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette reported that moments after a “tense” boys basketball game finished between Champaign Central and Danville, shots broke out as fans left the gym.

More than a dozen police vehicles were at the scene, and ambulances were picking up injured people along the east side of the school, according to the News-Gazette.

It was not immediately reported what set off the shooting. Attendees were permitted to leave by 9:48 p.m.

Elizabeth Donald: 618-239-2507, @BNDedonald

This story was originally published December 8, 2017 at 11:20 PM with the headline "Shots fired after central Illinois basketball game."

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