Two separate shootings reported on Chicago expressways overnight
CHICAGO (CBS) — Two separate shootings were reported on two Chicago expressways early Wednesday morning, causing lane closures and impacting commuters.
The first shooting took place on the inbound Stevenson Expressway near Halsted Street around 2:10 a.m. State police said one person died at the scene.
All inbound lanes on I-55 are closed.
The second shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. on The Bishop Ford Freeway near the I-94 southbound exit to Stony Island.
State police said one person died at the scene. The second victim was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition.
A witness said it was a road rage incident involving a tow truck and another person. He said it started with a brick on the road.
"So everybody had ran into it. And I guess another guy in an SUV ran into the truck and he was mad and he thought that the tow truck people put the brick there so he got out of his car and started shooting at them, so they started returning back their fire and ended up killing him," The witness said.
Investigation into both shootings remains under investigation.
