Prentiss M.D. Jackson Jr., an 18-year-old from Champaign, Illinois, was killed in the early morning of June 19, 2022. Officers responded about 1:48 a.m. to a reported shooting on the 900 block of W. Bloomington Road and found Jackson in a vehicle with multiple life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was taken to a nearby hospital and died shortly after arrival.

The shooting happened during an impromptu gathering in a business parking lot. Two female victims suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to their legs, and a female bystander was struck by a vehicle during the chaos that followed. On June 30, 2022, Champaign Police and the Champaign County Street Crimes Task Force arrested 20-year-old Quentin Hymon of Champaign and charged him with murder; he was held in the Champaign County Correctional Center awaiting arraignment and trial. The investigation is ongoing.

Jackson is survived by his parents, Charmelle S. Johnson and Prentiss M.D. Jackson Sr., siblings and extended family. If anyone has information about the shooting or the events that night, please come forward to investigators.