CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Two people were shot Wednesday on the Stevenson Expressway near Cicero Avenue.
Police shut down all outbound lanes at Cicero Avenue after responding to shots fired at about 8:30 a.m., according to Illinois State Police and a traffic camera in the area.
Two gunshot victims were taken to hospitals, state police spokeswoman Jayme Bufford said in an email.
Additional details weren’t immediately available.
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Shootings on Chicago-area expressways more than doubled in 2020 over the previous year, according to state police. Earlier in February, the state allocated more than $12 million to state police to install high-definition cameras to help solve shootings on expressways.
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