Eisenhower Expressway shooting leaves 1 hurt in Oak Park, Illinois State Police say

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Sunday, October 10, 2021
I-290 shooting leaves 1 hurt in Oak Park: ISP
This is the 190th expressway shooting so far this year.

OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- One person is recovering after being shot early Sunday morning on the Eisenhower Expressway.

According to Illinois State Police, it happened about 2:20 a.m. on the outbound lanes at East Avenue in Oak Park.

The individual suffered non-life threatening injuries, police said.

All lanes reopened about 5:10 a.m., but earlier the Ike was shut down for about three hours from Austin Avenue to Harlem Avenue for the investigation.

No one is in custody.

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This is the 190th expressway shooting so far this year.

A woman was shot Friday night on Interstate 94 near Chatham on the South Side of Chicago, according to preliminary information from Illinois State police.

About 11:55 p.m., Illinois State police responded to calls of a shooting on the Dan Ryan near 83rd Street, state police said.

An investigation found that a 23-year-old woman was driving a vehicle when she was shot, state police said. She was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Sun-Times Media contributed to this report.