A 55-year-old Chicago man is facing an attempted murder charge after Illinois State Police say he opened fire on a truck hauling cars during a road rage incident on Interstate 94's south side. Avery Singleton was taken into custody on Sunday, about a month after the shooting, when agents executed a search warrant at his apartment.
According to Illinois State Police, the shooting happened around 10:26 p.m. on September 30, when troopers responded to a report of gunfire on I-94 northbound near Garfield Boulevard. Investigators said a suspect driving a dark-colored vehicle fired a weapon at a truck tractor car hauler following a road rage dispute. No injuries were reported, police said, though the incident set off a weekslong investigation that stretched into early November.
ISP Special Agents said they identified Singleton as the suspect after what the agency described as an extensive investigation. The case was first reported locally by The Times, which covers crime and courts across Northwest Indiana and the Chicago area.
Search Warrant Leads to Arrest
Agents executed a search warrant at Singleton's apartment on Sunday and took him into custody at that time, per the state police account. He now faces a charge of attempted murder, a Class X felony, along with aggravated discharge of a firearm, a Class 1 felony, and three separate counts of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon, each a Class 3 felony.
The agency said Singleton remained in custody pending his first court appearance. As with any criminal case, the charges themselves are not evidence of guilt, and Singleton is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Part of a Broader Pattern on Illinois Expressways
Singleton's arrest follows a string of other road rage shootings investigated by state police on Chicago-area expressways in recent months. In one case, ISP said a separate shooting happened on the Stony Island feeder ramp heading south to I-94 on December 12, 2025, and that an Indiana man, Anthony T. Pointer, was taken into custody on August 21 and charged with attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.
Other recent cases have unfolded on different stretches of highway around the city. CBS Chicago reported that two men were separately arrested and charged after road rage shootings on the Eisenhower Expressway, including Mario Lyons, 45, of Burnham, who was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon after a gun was recovered, and David Andujar, who was charged with aggravated discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. A separate shooting on the Stevenson Expressway led to the arrest of Marcellus Crockrom, who was charged with attempted murder and aggravated discharge of a firearm after a confrontation that also left no one hurt, the station reported.
Despite the steady drumstick of individual cases, state data points toward a broader decline in this kind of violence. ABC7 Chicago reported that expressway shootings statewide dropped 80% from 310 incidents in 2021 to 61 in 2025, and that interstate shootings fell 31% between 2024 and 2025 alone. Even so, the Singleton case underscores that isolated, high-stakes incidents, like gunfire aimed at a truck hauling cars on a busy interstate, continue to surface even as overall numbers trend downward.
