Crime & Safety

Boy, 17, Shot On Eisenhower Expressway

A teenager was shot to death Saturday on Chicago's Near West Side.

CHICAGO, IL — A teenager was shot multiple times while driving on the Eisenhower Expressway early Saturday morning, police said. The 17-year-old was hit at 1:19 a.m. in the 1700 block of West Van Buren, according to police. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the teen was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix, when a suspect in a black sedan fired shots, hitting the 17-year-old multiple times in the body. The Pontiac then rolled down the entrance ramp to Interstate 290 and hit a wall, according to police.

No one was in custody.

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