expressway shootings

Just past the midpoint of 2021, the Chicago area is about to surpass the total number of expressway shootings for all of 2020. As of Tuesday morning, the Illinois State Police had been called to 117 expressway shootings. That is more than twice the 51 shootings at this same time last year. And just short of the 128 for the…

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…

A driver suffered life-threatening injuries after they were shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway Wednesday evening, according to Illinois State Police. According to officials, troopers were called to the northbound express lanes on the interstate near 33rd Street at approximately 7:40 p.m. for a call of shots fired. Troopers say the driver of a vehicle had been shot, and was…

A man was fatally shot on the Eisenhower Expressway Saturday on the West Side, state police said.

A man sustained non-life threatening injuries in a shooting Sunday evening on the Dan Ryan Expressway, Illinois State Police said. The shooting was reported at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 94 near 69th Street. Following the shooting, police said, the driver exited the expressway and was located on Cottage Grove Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood. The…

Two people were hurt in a shooting Sunday on Interstate 94 on the Far South Side.

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.

On a day when President Joe Biden proposed a set of reforms to existing U.S. gun laws, Chicago passed a grim milestone. An incident on I-57 marked the city’s 59th expressway shooting this year—nearly 3 times the number at this same time in 2020. In the latest incident, the Illinois State Police responded to a shooting in the northbound...

One person was seriously wounded in a shooting Thursday on Interstate 57 on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said.

A man suffered life-threatening injuries after he was shot on Interstate 290 near Kostner Avenue early Sunday morning, according to Illinois State Police. Officials say that the man was driving in the eastbound lanes of the expressway at approximately 3:07 a.m. when he was shot by an individual in another vehicle. Chicago police alerted ISP to the shooting at the…

One person was injured in shooting Saturday morning on the Kennedy expressway, according to Illinois State Police.

So far in 2021, the Illinois State Police has responded to more than triple the number of shootings on Chicago-area expressways compared to the same time period in 2020, according to the agency.

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.

One person was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting early Friday on Interstate 57 on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said.

One person was killed and two others seriously wounded in a shooting early Friday on Interstate 57 on Chicago’s Far South Side, police said. Sandrea Torres reports.

The Chicago area has seen 38 expressway shootings so far this year, a number that more than triples the amount of shootings seen at the start of 2020, authorities said.

The Chicago area has seen 38 expressway shootings so far this year, a number that more than triples the amount of shootings seen at the start of 2020, authorities said. NBC 5 Investigates’ Phil Rogers has more details.

Police were on high alert Thursday after yet another shooting was reported on Chicago-area expressways. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez takes a look at the troubling, new numbers.

One person was injured in shooting Thursday afternoon on the Dan Ryan expressway, according to Illinois State Police. Authorities said the shooting happened at approximately 1:15 p.m. on northbound Interstate 94 south of Garfield Boulevard. One man has been transported to an area hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries,” according to police. A woman and child were inside the vehicle, officials said,…