Police issue warrant in U. of Illinois fatal shooting
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An arrest warrant has been issued in the deadly weekend shooting at a party near the University of Illinois campus for an 18-year-old man who was released earlier this month from a state boot camp, authorities said Wednesday.
Prosecutors say Robbie Patton, of Champaign, will be charged with first-degree murder in the early Sunday shooting that killed a 22-year-old man and injured three other people.
Patton was sentenced in April to eight months in prison after pleading guilty to shooting at an occupied vehicle but was instead sent to the Illinois Department of Corrections boot camp “over our objections,” Champaign County State’s Attorney Julia Rietz said.
She said Patton is believed to be in the Champaign area and may be armed.