Man shot and wounded in Kennedy Expressway shooting Sunday morning

Illinois State Police increase patrols to prevent expressway crime

Complaining about heavy traffic along area expressways is the least of Chicagoans concerns. A big worry for many motorists is simply trying to stay alive.

CHICAGO - A man was shot on the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago early Sunday morning.

Illinois State Police found a man, 29, with serious gunshot wounds on the Ontario feeder ramp westbound near the I-90/94 split at 2 a.m.

The passenger was not hurt.

Shots were apparently fired from another car on the westbound feeder ramp.

All lanes were reopened about three hours later.

There have been more than 150 expressway shootings in Chicago so far this year. Illinois State Police have installed license plate reader cameras in hopes of identifying suspects.

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Huguelet, of Orland Park, was transported to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead. She died from a gunshot wound to her back, according to autopsy results released Wednesday.

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