Shooting On Edens Expressway In Skokie Reported To State Police

Skokie IL

22 July, 2021

11:11 AM

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SKOKIE, IL — A shooting wounded one person and led to the brief closure of one direction of the Edens Expressway in Skokie, state police said. State troopers were called to Skokie Hospital Thursday morning for a report that a patient there had been injured in an expressway shooting just south of the Old Orchard Road exit around 4:45 a.m. The victim's injuries were not thought to be life-threatening. Around 6:20 a.m., state police diverted all Interstate 94 traffic off at Old Orchard Road for about 15 minutes to check for shell casings and investigate the site of the reported shooting. Police described the investigation as "still in its infancy." State police said a passenger suffered minor injuries in an expressway shooting around 4:45 a.m. Thursday south of Old Orchard Road in Skokie. (Google Maps)