"The drive-by shooting in downtown Champaign early Friday brings to at least 82 the number of shooting incidents in the city for 2021." Main and Market St. NG
Selected stories (there are more gun related incidents in the past 2 months)
May 10, per City of Champaign website: "At approximately 6:11 p.m., Champaign Police were called for multiple reports of shots fired. The first was reported in the 300 block of West Beardsley Avenue, soon followed by a report of shots fired in the area of North Market Street and Eisner Drive. Police were notified witnesses saw two vehicles chasing after one another with several rounds of gunfire heard from bystanders, ultimately leading police to outside of Marketplace Mall property. Upon police arrival, officers learned two suspects abandoned their vehicle near Marketplace Mall and fled into a mall store for a brief period..."
April 19: "Champaign Police say a house on Mattis Avenue was struck 14 times by gunfire, and a teenaged girl was sent to the hospital with a serious gunshot wound." #WCIA
April 18 WCIA: "Police are investigating a shots fired incident near Carle at the Fields. Champaign Police spokesperson Tom Yelich said no one was hurt. The incident took place Sunday afternoon around 12:42 p.m. Police made two arrests."
https://trib.al/qhb8qvK The stats above don't include Urbana.
Stay safe if you're still in town. Violent crime rates increase with warmer weather.