Calumet Park man charged in Dan Ryan road rage shooting that seriously injured 7-year-old: ISP
7-year-old shot while riding in car near 73rd Street
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 54-year-old Calumet Park man has been charged in a road rage shooting that seriously injured a 7-year-old boy on Chicago's South Side early Sunday morning, Illinois State Police said.
Ulyesee W. Burns has been charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm in the incident, police said Monday.
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State police responded just before 2:30 a.m. Sunday to a 911 call reporting an expressway shooting on the northbound Dan Ryan, or Interstate 94, near 73rd Street.
The victim vehicle was shot several times in a road rage incident, police said.
The boy was a passenger, and the driver pulled over at 22nd Street and Michigan Avenue to call for help, ISP said.
Chicago fire officials took the boy to a local hospital.
At last check, he was in serious condition.
State police managed to identify the suspect and his vehicle and arrest him, ISP said.
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