(8:25am) Updates from Sun Times Media
(CHICAGO) Lanes were reopened three hours after shots were fired early Monday on the outbound Kennedy Expressway on the Northwest Side.
The shots were fired from a blue Chevy Trailblazer from a white Toyota Camry at 5:15 a.m. near Sayre Avenue, according to Illinois State Police.
There were a couple bullet holes in the Camry, but no one was struck, police said.
Lanes remained closed until about 8:15 a.m.
By John Dempsey, WLS News
(CHICAGO) Illinois State Police have shut down all lanes of the outbound Kennedy this morning at the Kennedy Edens junction, after a shooting early this morning. State Police say someone shot a on the outbound Kennedy at Sayre. The person in the car was unharmed, but the car was struck and the offender fled. The car is no longer on the expressway.
As police investigate the shooting they are diverting all outbound Kennedy traffic onto the Edens. Drivers are able to get back on to the outbound Kennedy at Harlem.
There have been a rash of expressway shootings so far this year in Chicago. Police say gang members have been following their rivals onto highways to shoot them, because they feel it’s easier to blend into traffic and get away.
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