Shooting Injures Driver On Bishop Ford

A driver was shot on the southbound Bishop Ford Freeway near 111th Street in Chicago around 4:35 a.m. Thursday, Illinois State Police said. (cbsnews.com) (abc7chicago.com) The victim drove from the freeway to a local hospital with injuries, and state police did not release the person’s condition. Authorities said the circumstances of the shooting were still unknown Thursday morning. (cbsnews.com) (chicago.suntimes.com) Illinois State Police told ABC7 the shooting happened near State Street, a stretch just south of the city line where Bishop Ford carries Interstate 94 traffic through the Far South Side. Southbound lanes were closed during the investigation and reopened before 6:45 a.m., CBS News Chicago reported. (abc7chicago.com) (cbsnews.com) The case added to a recent run of shootings on the Bishop Ford corridor. On April 5, two people were wounded near 115th Street in Pullman, and Illinois State Police said a separate shooting scene was later found near 130th Street. (abc7chicago.com) (cbsnews.com) The freeway has also seen other gunfire cases over the past year, including a September 2025 shooting that wounded a 6-year-old near Michigan Avenue and an October 2025 case that led to attempted murder charges against Valencia Carwell after a shooting near 159th Street. (abc7chicago.com) (cbsnews.com) No arrests were announced in Thursday’s shooting. State police said the investigation remained open as troopers worked to identify what happened before sunrise on one of Chicago’s busiest South Side expressways. (chicago.suntimes.com) (abc7chicago.com)