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By Howard Packowitz
CHAMPAIGN – A University of Illinois student was wounded in what authorities said was an officer-involved shooting in Champaign.
A U-of-I news release said two campus police officers and a Champaign County Sheriff’s deputy responded to a citizen’s call of a man loading a semiautomatic handgun.
Police reportedly found the armed man, and all three officers fired at him when he refused to drop the gun.
Police say the 23-year old student was shot in the leg. Officers provided first aid, and he apparently suffered non-life threatening injuries.
Illinois State Police are investigating the shooting.
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