Suspect charged in shooting death

RANTOUL – A Rantoul man was murdered Friday evening, and police made an arrest within three hours.

Christopher Napier, 22, of Rantoul, who was shot about 8 p.m. Friday, was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital at 8:49 p.m., Champaign county Coroner Duane Northrup said.

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