Crime & Safety
Man Killed in 2nd Shooting on Eisenhower Expressway
UPDATE: Devon Almon, 23, was shot Thursday while riding in a vehicle traveling eastbound on I-290, near the Central Avenue exit.
CHICAGO, IL — A 23-year-old man was killed in a second shooting Thursday along the Eisenhower Expressway, according to the Chicago Tribune.
The latest interstate shooting happened at about 11:50 a.m. near the Central Avenue exit ramp of the eastbound Eisenhower on the West Side, the report stated. Devon Almon was shot while he was the passenger in a vehicle driven by a woman who was uninjured in the shooting, the Tribune reports.
The woman drove Almon to Oak Park's West Suburban Medical Center, and he was pronounced dead less than a half hour later, the report added. A witness told WGN-TV that the victim's vehicle had been "riddled with bullets."
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The Central Avenue ramp was temporarily closed while police investigated the scene, the Tribune reports. Police believe this shooting is possibly gang-related and is not connected with the morning incident on the Eisenhower, the report added.
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Earlier Thursday, Jonathon Ortiz, 22, was killed and his girlfriend, Alexis Garcia, 22, was critically wounded in a shooting just before 6 a.m. on the Eisenhower, near Laramie Avenue on the West Side, according to reports.
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