CHICAGO — Three people have been shot on Chicago's expressways since Saturday night in yet another bloody day throughout the city, according to police.
Among the 19 wounded in shootings since Saturday afternoon are two people shot on the Eisenhower Expy and one man shot on the Bishop Ford Expy, according to Illinois State Police.
The Eisenhower Expy attack happened at 8:27 p.m. Saturday, said Trooper Woodrow Montgomery of the Illinois State Police Department.
A man and woman were driving eastbound by Kostner Avenue when a light-colored Hyundai Sonata began firing into the driver's side of their car, Montgomery said in a press release.
The 32-year-old man, who was driving, was shot five times in both legs and the 19-year-old woman was grazed in her left leg, Montgomery said.
The man was taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition. The woman was also taken to Stroger Hospital, where her condition was not released but officials considered her to be "stable."
An 18-year-old passenger driving on the Bishop Ford Expy was shot early Sunday, according to Illinois State Police.
The 18-year-old was driving with a 21-year-old man in the northbound lanes of the Bishop Ford near 115th Street in Pullman when a black SUV pulled up alongside and began firing, Montgomery said.
Only the passenger was shot, and he was hit in the right calf and was taken to Trinity Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Montgomery said.
Expressway shootings have mirrored the spike in shootings throughout the first half of 2016, according to data and records kept by DNAinfo Chicago.
State Police, which patrols Chicago's highways, has said that the highway shootings stem from previous conflicts on the city's residential streets. The victims are typically targeted and not random drivers, state police have said.
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