Chicago shootings: Tracking gun violence in 2024

A suspect fired a gun at another vehicle on the Bishop Ford Freeway Wednesday night on Chicago's South Side, shutting down the highway for hours overnight, Illinois State Police said.

The victim told police that he or she was driving north on Interstate 94, near 115th Street about 11:40 p.m., when a suspect fired a gun at the individual, while driving, police said.

A Chicago shooting left 1 injured near 111th Street on the Bishop Ford Freeway, Illinois State Police said. The roadway has since reopened.

The victim was not injured, and the suspect drove away, police said.

Illinois State Police initially said the person was shot.

The victim walked into a Chicago police station later to report the shooting.

Police did not immediately provide any additional information about the victim, including his or her age or gender.

It's also not clear what led up to the shooting.

Police shut down northbound I-94 from 130th to 111th streets about 12:10 a.m. Thursday to investigate.

All lanes reopened just before 3:50 a.m.

Police did not say if anyone was in custody.

A 20-year-old man was found shot to death inside a crashed SUV on Chicago's Northwest Side early Wednesday morning, Chicago police said.

Police responded to a reported shooting just before 3 a.m. in the 5700-block of North Central Avenue in Jefferson Park.

A Chicago shooting left a 20-year-old man dead inside an SUV crashed into a tree on North Central Avenue in Jefferson Park, CPD said.

When officers arrived, they found the man in the driver's seat of a silver SUV that had crashed into a tree, CPD said.

The man had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said.

Chicago fire crews responded, and the man was pronounced deceased on the scene.

Neither his identity nor what led up to the fatal shooting was immediately released.

No one was in custody later Wednesday morning.

Area Five detectives are investigating.

A 34-year-old man was seriously injured Monday night when he was shot while walking into a gas station on Chicago's West Side, Chicago police said.

The man was walking into a gas station just before 9:30 p.m. in the 3300-block of West Harrison Street in the city's Homan Square neighborhood, when he heard gunshots and felt pain, police said.

He had been shot in the lower back, according to CPD.

Chicago fire crews treated him on the scene, and he was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in serious condition, police said.

No one was in custody Tuesday morning, and Area Four detectives are investigating.

A shooting in a Southwest Side restaurant left one person dead and an employee seriously injured Monday night, Chicago police said.

Chicago police said a 30-year-old man was trying to enter a Little Village restaurant in the 4100-block of West 26th Street about 11:35 p.m., when two male suspects shot at him, hitting him multiple times in the head, police said.

A Chicago shooting killed a man and seriously injured an employee at a Little Village restaurant on West 26th Street Monday night, CPD said.

The suspects left the scene. CPD did not immediately provide any additional information about them or a possible motive.

Chicago fire crews treated the man on the scene, but he was pronounced dead, CPD said.

He was not immediately identified.

The gunshots went through the restaurant's glass, also hitting a 27-year-old woman working there, CPD said.

The woman was also treated by CFD, and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she is listed in serious condition.

No one is in custody Tuesday morning, and Area Four detectives are investigating.