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Shooting Investigation Shuts Down Inbound Bishop Ford Freeway

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A crash in which shots might have been fired shut down inbound lanes on the Bishop Ford Freeway near 103rd Street Thursday afternoon.

Illinois State Police said a male victim of a two-vehicle crash called troopers to report that his vehicle as involved in a crash with a car that left the scene.

The victim was not injured.

Bishop Ford Freeway

UPDATE: A crash that might have involved gunfire shut down inbound lanes on the Bishop Ford Freeway this afternoon. Chopper 2 is live over the scene. More: https://cbsloc.al/2NAFOFv

Posted by CBS Chicago on Thursday, August 29, 2019

A state police dispatcher initially reported that there were shell casings left on the roadway, and that there were victims who were not being cooperative with police.

But state police later said the question of whether shots were fired remained under investigation.

Traffic was forced off the expressway at Stony Island Avenue.

There have been six shootings on the Bishop Ford Freeway so far this year.

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