Man, woman shot while driving on Dan Ryan Expressway: Illinois State Police

Sunday, February 23, 2020
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A man and a woman were shot Sunday morning while driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chatham on the South Side, Illinois State Police said.

According to police, around 1:00 a.m. a vehicle was traveling northbound at the 79th Street exit of the highway when someone in another car fired shots.
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Both victims were transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries, ISP said.

Troopers initially had part of the highway shut down while they investigated but all lanes have since reopened.

No one is in custody, ISP said.
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No other injuries were reported.

Illinois State Police are investigating.
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