UPDATE (Saturday, October 2)
Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden has identified the shooting victim as 19-year-old Antonio Jones. An autopsy is scheduled for later today. Police continue to investigate.
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A 19-year-old Danville man has died after being shot near Douglas Park last night.
Danville Police Sgt. Eric Olson says officers found the victim around 7 p.m. Thursday lying in the middle of Florida Street between Wayne and Commercial streets. He was taken to OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
No suspect information is available at this time.
Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Danville police at 431-2250 or Vermilion County CrimeStoppers at 446-TIPS.
