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Shooting after Illinois prep basketball game wounds 3 teens

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Police in central Illinois say three teenagers were wounded by gunfire after a high school basketball game.

The shooting happened Friday night as a large crowd was leaving the Champaign Central High School gymnasium after a game against Danville High School.

Champaign police spokeswoman LaEisha Meaderds says the three wounded females were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Meaderds identified them as a 15-year-old Danville High School student, a 17-year-old girl from Champaign and an 18-year-old Parkland College student.

No arrests were immediately made and police didn't release any description of the possible shooter.

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