Corey Allen Birlet, a 28-year-old White man from Champaign, was shot while driving a silver Chevrolet Impala through a business parking lot along the 1500 block of North Neil Street. An oncoming vehicle turned in from Edgebrook Drive; as the two cars passed, an unidentified occupant of that other car fired into Birlet’s Impala, striking him in the chest. He accelerated west on Edgebrook but soon lost consciousness, drove off the road, crashed through a front yard and garage, and came to rest against a neighboring property.

Officers and a bystander rendered aid at the crash scene in the 200 block of Edgebrook Drive around 7:45 p.m. Birlet was taken to Carle Foundation Hospital and pronounced dead that evening; the county coroner ruled the cause of death a gunshot wound to the chest. Investigators described the shooter as an unidentified occupant of the passing vehicle and asked residents and businesses in the North Neil/Edgebrook area to review surveillance footage and submit tips.

No arrests had been announced in the initial public releases and local coverage dated August 25, 2021. Does anyone have surveillance footage or information about vehicles in the North Neil and Edgebrook area that night?