Downstate man charged with October's fatal shooting before Lil Durk concert

Deron Wolfe
Photo credit Chicago Police Department

CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - A 19-year-old Champaign County man faces murder charges for a fatal shooting that occurred outside a rap concert last fall.

Deron Wolfe was arrested Thursday in Rantoul, a town about 15 miles north of Champaign, for allegedly killing an 18-year-old Elgin man and robbing a 17-year-old girl near the United Center.

The Oct. 20 shooting happened minutes before the Lil Durk concert and also injured two other teens.

Wolfe faces both murder and armed robbery charges.

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