chicago expressway shootings

Illinois State Police on Monday announced charges against 20 individuals, including 10 related to expressway shootings that have skyrocketed across the Chicago area in recent years.

Illinois State Police officials are investigating a Monday evening shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway involving a 41-year-old male male and 30-year-old female.

A 60-year-old man was killed and another man injured in separate shootings Thursday morning on Interstate 55 near DuSable Lake Shore Drive and on a ramp to the Kennedy Expressway.

A week after Gov. JB Pritzker declared gun violence a public health crisis, shootings continue to spike, especially on Chicago-area expressways. A local pastor says more should be done to tackle the problem. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

In response to a historic surge in gun violence on Chicago-area expressways, the Illinois State Police will begin a massive crackdown Friday night. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter has the details.

The Chicago area has seen a total of 185 expressway shootings so far this year as of Thursday, according to Illinois State Police.

The Illinois State Police announced Thursday they will be increasing patrol presence during “peak criminal activity times” on Chicago-area expressways after the region has seen more than double the number of expressway shootings this year as compared to last. Phil Rogers reports.

A woman wounded in a shooting early Tuesday morning on Interstate 57 — the second shooting on Far South Side expressway reported that morning

The Chicago area has seen more than 150 expressway shootings so far this year, authorities say – more than double the number seen by this time last year. Phil Rogers reports.

The Chicago area has seen more than 150 expressway shootings so far this year, authorities say – more than double the number seen by this time last year. Phil Rogers reports.

The Chicago area has seen more than 150 expressway shootings so far this year, authorities say – already higher than the total number of expressway shootings that occurred in all of 2020 and more than double the number seen by this time last year.

In response to a dramatic uptick in the number of shootings on Chicago-area interstates, the Illinois State Police began installing license plate cameras on expressways in the city this week. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the details.

An Evergreen Park special education teacher was shot and killed Tuesday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side.

Two people were shot, one fatally, in what police said they believed may have been random shootings on the Dan Ryan Expressway late Tuesday night.

Illinois State Police say that a 26-year-old man suffered life-threatening injuries following a shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday night, just the latest in a surge of gun violence on area highways. According to authorities, the man was driving in the express lanes of the interstate near 33rd Street when shots were fired from another vehicle. The man was…

The ramp from 75th Street to the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway was closed Saturday afternoon following a shooting on the interstate, according to Illinois State Police.

A 35-year-old man sustained injuries in a shooting Saturday afternoon on the Stevenson Expressway, authorities said.

So far in 2021, the Illinois State Police has seen nearly half the amount of Chicago-area expressway shootings reported in all of 2020, the agency confirmed to NBC 5 Monday.

Four people were shot, one fatally, and a fifth person was hit by a car in a shooting early Monday on the Eisenhower Expressway, according to police and fire officials. Lisa Chavarria reports.

Following a shooting that killed one person on a Chicago expressway early Saturday, NBC 5 obtained new data that provides a picture of the troubling number of shootings so far this year. NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.