Champaign, IL - Illinois State Police (ISP) officials are investigating a shooting, which occurred on 
Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at approximately 3:45 p.m. on Interstate 74 eastbound near Lincoln Avenue, 
Champaign County.

ISP officers responded to a local area hospital after being notified the hospital was treating a walk-in 
gunshot victim who advised they had been shot on Interstate 74 eastbound near Lincoln Avenue. The 
driver of the victim vehicle, a 22-year-old male of Rantoul, IL, sustained non-life-threatening injuries after being struck by gun fire. 

Preliminary reports indicate the shots were fired from an unknown vehicle traveling eastbound on 
Interstate 74 near Lincoln Avenue. The events surrounding the shooting remain under investigation and no further information is available at this time. 

Anyone who witnessed or has any knowledge of the shooting is asked to contact the ISP at 
ISP.DCI.Zone05@Illinois.gov.