CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — The Champaign County coroner identified a teenager killed in a shooting on Thursday night.
Coroner Duane Northrup said 16-year-old Gerryontae J. Brown was pronounced dead shortly after 6 p.m. in the Carle Foundation Hospital Emergency Department. He died from a gunshot wound in the chest.
This comes after police were called to a shooting on Eureka Street by 6th Street around 5:17 p.m.
Police are still investigating the shooting.
