Chicago shooting leaves 1 hurt on Eisenhower Expressway, I-290, at Sacramento: Illinois State Police

Posted by Almeda Bohannan on Saturday, May 4, 2024

CHICAGO (WLS) — One person was shot early Wednesday morning while riding as a passenger in a car on the Eisenhower Expressway near Lawndale, Illinois State Police said.

A female victim, whose age was not immediately known, was in a car driving inbound on the Eisenhower near Sacramento Avenue about 3 a.m. when someone in a passing vehicle fired shots, police said.

She was shot in the armpit, according to state police.

The car’s driver, who was not hurt, managed to go directly to Stroger Hospital.

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The victim’s condition was not immediately known.

State police briefly shut down inbound Interstate 290 at Sacramento to search for shell casings, but it reopened about 5:40 a.m.

No one was in custody later Wednesday morning.

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