Champaign Police are seeking assistance from the community to investigate an overnight shooting incident that left one Champaign teenager dead and a second in critical condition.
Officers were dispatched at 12:01 a.m. on June 29, 2025, to an unknown address on Holly Hill Drive following a report of a shooting with injuries. As officers searched the area, they quickly located two sixteen-year-old male teenagers from Champaign unconscious in the front yard of a residence in the 1500-block of Holly Hill with potentially life-threatening gunshot wounds. The officers immediately rendered medical aid with assistance from the Champaign Fire Department until the teens could be transported to an area hospital. There, one victim tragically succumbed to his injuries, and the second victim remains hospitalized in critical condition.
At this time, there is very little information about what happened in this incident. Champaign Police are asking anyone who has any details to please call 217-351-4545 and share them with investigators. Arrangements can be made for information to be shared privately. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may also submit tips to Crime Stoppers by phone at: 217-373-8477 (TIPS); online at 373tips.com; or the “P3 Tips” mobile app.
Officers continue to canvass the surrounding area for witnesses and video footage that may be of investigative assistance. Any resident or business in the nearby area with exterior surveillance camera systems is encouraged to notify the police department. No arrests have been made at this time and the investigation is ongoing. Future updates may be provided as they become available.
Citizens are reminded that information submitted to Crime Stoppers is completely anonymous. Calls are routed to a third-party national call center that receives your information, completes a tips information form, and then passes the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency. Caller ID tracking is not utilized by Crime Stoppers and conversations are not recorded.
Crime Stoppers will pay cash rewards of $5,000 for tips that lead to an arrest in any homicide case, $2,500 for tips leading to an arrest in a felony crime involving a firearm, and up to $1,000 for tips leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for any other crime.