A person was shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in a grim turn of events on the Bishop Ford Expressway near Chicago's Pullman neighborhood, officials reported.
The shooting occurred on the inbound lanes of Interstate 94 near 103rd Street around 2:45 p.m., where responding Illinois State Police found the victim, the Chicago Sun-Times said. A white sedan, riddled with gunfire, its windows shattered, bore silent witness to the mid-afternoon violence that left one person mortally wounded.
The Chicago Fire Department confirmed that paramedics transported the individual to the University of Chicago Medical Center in grave condition. The victim, whose identity has yet to be released pending notification of kin, succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, as later reported by the Cook County medical examiner's office.
Investigation into the shooting caused road closures, with the northbound exit ramp just south of 103rd to Stony Island Avenue blocked by police until about 4:30 p.m., officials said, according to a report from WLS-TV. Details regarding how the shooting occurred were not immediately clear, leaving those passing by to only speculate on the circumstances that led to the tragically commonplace incident of Chicago's gun violence.
As of now, there is no suspect information available. Anyone with knowledge pertaining to the shooting has been urged to come forward as the Illinois State Police continues to urge witnesses to disclose any information that might break the silence enveloping this latest outbreak of violence in Chicago's streets.
