Students at the University of Illinois reacted with shock and sadness to the shooting early Sunday morning in Champaign that left one person dead and five others injured. Christine Herman reports.
The day after the deadly shooting near the University of Illinois, the incident was still foremost for many students on campus.
Chris Williams said while he’s used to hearing about shootings in his hometown of Chicago - having it happen in Champaign was unexpected.
“I’d just come back in from Chicago and kind of was thinking, I thought I had left this behind, this sort of violence and stuff, so it was kind of weird coming and seeing that, kind of changed the way I think about the place, really,” Williams said.
Williams is a first-year student at the University’s College of Law.
“Obviously, no place is 100% safe, but to have just 6 people shot who weren’t even involved in the respective incident - it makes me feel a little bit less safe, honestly,” Williams said.
University Chancellor Robert Jones said in an all-campus email Sunday afternoon that “today we need to come together to help those who have been harmed to start that healing.”
The Student Senate plans a public vigil Tuesday night.