Alan T. Harden, a 31-year-old African American man from Decatur, Illinois, was fatally shot in Champaign on November 26, 2020. Officers responded shortly after 1 a.m. to a reported shooting on Leeper Court and found Harden lying on the roadway with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup; an autopsy was scheduled for November 28, 2020 and the cause of death was recorded as multiple gunshot wounds.

The Champaign Police Department and the coroner’s office handled the investigation. Reports at the time gave few details about suspects, arrests, or charges, and the case remained open while police appealed to the public for information. Harden’s death was described as part of a broader string of gun violence incidents in the Champaign area around that period.

If anyone has information about Harden’s death or was in the Leeper Court area that morning, please share what you know with investigators.