Steph Solis, and Trevor Hughes

USA TODAY

An Illinois man was shot and killed early Sunday near the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus as he walked past an unrelated fight, police said, and five other people were hurt.

The shooting was reported before 2 a.m. ET Sunday between Third and Fourth streets in Champaign, less than a mile from campus, according to the university's alert service.

Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup identified the person killed as George Korchev, 22, of Mundelein, Ill. Police said he wasn't a University of Illinois student.

Police said the incident between downtown and the university campus began as an argument inside an apartment.

"The argument transitioned outside where a fight broke out and shots were fired," Champaign police said in a statement. "The victims in the incident were not involved in the fight. Mr. Korchev was walking near the area when the shots were fired."

Police said three other people suffered wounds from the shooting, and a fourth was hit by a car running away from the gunshots.

The shooter fled from the scene and is on the loose, according to the university alert. Police said the same suspect may have been involved in a second shooting few block west about 30 minutes later in which another person suffered a "non-critical" gunshot wound.

A snapchat recorded by student Kathryn Lawlor and published by The Daily Illini Editor Masaki Sugimoto captures multiple shots being fired.