2 Shot, 1 Killed on Eisenhower Expressway Thursday Morning

CHICAGO, IL — Two people were shot, one of them killed, on the westbound I-290 Eisenhower Expressway just before the Thursday morning rush hour near the border of Chicago and Oak Park.

Jonathon Ortiz, a 22-year-old aspiring rap artist who went by the stage name John Doe, and his girlfriend, Alexis Garcia, 22, were shot while driving to breakfast just before 6 a.m. on the Eisenhower, near Laramie Avenue on the West Side, according to WGN-TV.

Both victims were taken to Stroger Hospital, where Ortiz was pronounced dead. Garcia is still in critical condition.

The morning incident was the first of two fatal shootings along I-290 on Thursday. A man was shot and killed at around 11:50 a.m. near the Central Avenue exit of the Eisenhower.

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Police believe the shooting was on the Eisenhower, but as of 7:30 a.m. the investigation is centered on the 5200 block of West Flournoy Street, where a white Jeep Liberty SUV with bullet holes sits. The 22-year-old man was reportedly the driver of the SUV and the woman a passenger when they were shot. Police have not released any information of a suspect vehicle.

Flournoy is closed between I-290 and Laramie, with traffic delays spilling over onto the Ike.

CBS-Chicago has reported that police have closed the westbound lanes of the expressway between Kostner and Independence to investigate. Access to that part of the expressway was still restricted as of 7:30 a.m.

Later, Illinois State Police expanded the closed area of the expressway to include much of the road between Western and Central avenues.

More via WGN-TV

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