Two Women Charged With Purchasing Gun Used To Kill Champaign Police Officer

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Two Women Charged With Purchasing Gun Used To Kill Champaign Police Officer

(Urbana, IL) — One of two women charged with illegally purchasing the gun used in the deadly shooting of a Champaign Police Officer in 2021 is pleading guilty. Regina Lewis entered a guilty plea in federal court to her role in the so-called straw purchase. Lewis and Ashantae Corruthers were accused of conspiring with Darion Lafayette to purchase a firearm for him. Lafayette later used the firearm to kill Champaign Police Officer Christopher Oberheim in May, 2021. Lafayette was shot and killed by Oberheim’s partner.