7-year-old boy shot on Dan Ryan Expressway
The driver of the struck car exited the expressway and stopped near 22nd and Michigan to call for help.
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The driver of the struck car exited the expressway and stopped near 22nd and Michigan to call for help.
The robber choked the man, hit him in the head with the pliers, and took his cellphone, police said.
A car with police tape around it was seen at the University of Chicago Medical Center after the shooting.
It was unclear if the victim was the driver or the passenger.
The tent city between the Dan Ryan Expressway and the 1100 block of South Desplaines Street, a short distance south and west of the Loop, has existed for several years. Megan Hickey reports.
The driver of the Honda was taken to an area hospital, where they died. The passenger inside the car was also taken to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police said two men began fighting with a victim on a northbound train, and one of the men shot him.
The shooting happened during a fight on a train near the 47th Street stop.
A man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center after reporting he had been shot on the expressway.
ISP did not release the ages and genders of the victims.
The driver of the Jeep was ticketed for DUI and violating Scott's Law.
Two people were killed in separate hit-and-run crashes on the Dan Ryan Expressway overnight, according to Illinois State Police.
An organization that helps the homeless was in the process of building it but had to stop after the Department of Buildings put a stop work order on the structure.
The Department of Buildings put a stop work order on the structure because it was built without plans or permits.
Eric Peterson, 26, of Chicago, was charged with allegedly firing a gun at another car after a minor sideswipe.
A man was charged in connection to a road rage shooting on the Dan Ryan Expressway Monday.
Shots were fired from a vehicle into the victim's car at 83rd Street.
Preliminary information indicated a red 2020 Chevrolet struck the rear of the salt truck that was stationary in the second lane from the right that was diverting traffic from a previous crash, ISP said.
Illinois State Police said just before 1 a.m. troopers responded to the northbound express lanes at 47th Street for a call of a Move Over law crash involving an IDOT salt truck.
Illinois State Police said the crash happened around 11:15 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-94 at 34th Street.
Preliminary reports say a white 2007 Chevrolet swerved onto the right shoulder and struck the rear of a stationary IDOT truck.
Three vehicles were involved in the crash, and the victims all suffered non-life-threatening injuries, state police said.
Illinois State Police said troopers responded to the southbound I-94 ramp to 39th Street just after 5 a.m. for a single-vehicle rollover crash with injury.
The driver, a 43-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
There's no word on any injuries.
