This morning, Urbana police took into custody the shooter of an attempted murder that occurred on Friday on Dublin Street. No injuries or casualties were recorded.
At approximately 12:16 p.m. on Friday, Urbana police were dispatched to the 1400 block of Dublin Street after reports of a shooting.
According to a press release by the Urbana Police Department, several people emerged from a church that also held a funeral. They walked onto the sidewalk of Dublin Street in the middle of an argument.
29-year-old Champaign man Linnell Blount, one of the several in the group, began firing several shots from a handgun after one of the involved people started running away.
None of the shots struck anybody, but they left bullet impacts in a residential building on the 600 block of East Columbia Avenue. Nobody who was inside the home was injured.
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Urbana police did not initially find the offender at the scene. They were able to identify Blount as the shooter with help from the community.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for Blount on the charge of attempted murder, alongside a $2 million dollar bond.
According to the press release, at around 9 a.m. Monday, “an astute Champaign County Court Security Officer recognized Blount at the Champaign County Courthouse where Blount was attending a status hearing on an unrelated case.”
Blount was taken in and transported to the Champaign County Satellite Jail without incident.
Urbana police continue to ask the public for additional footage and information of the incident through the Crime Stoppers tip program by phone at 217-373-8477/TIPS, through the website at 373tips.com or through the P3 Tips mobile app. The program ensures all tippers remain completely anonymous regardless of method.
