Crime & Safety
Police ID 2 Killed in Kennedy Expressway Shooting: UPDATE
Their bodies were found at 4 a.m.
Live look at the OB Kennedy @ Armitage where ALL LANES ARE BLOCKED, after two were fatally shot overnight. pic.twitter.com/6cpu904PRJ
CHICAGO — Police have identified the man and a woman who were shot to death on the Kennedy Expressway early Sunday morning as Eric Taylor, 43, and Camille Cooley, 36, both of Waukegan, according to WGN TV.
State Police found a silver Chevrolet Tahoe stopped on the expressway at about 4 a.m. Inside, a man and a woman each had a gunshot wound to the head.
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The expressway was shut down and the outbound lanes remained closed through early this morning. The vehicle was found in the northbound lanes of I-90/I-94 near Armitage Avenue. Traffic was being diverted off the expressway at North Avenue.
State Police said a handgun was found on the floor of the SUV. The glass in the passenger-side window of the SUV was shattered. The ages of the victims were not available.
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A shooting took place on the Stevenson Expressway Saturday morning, and a week ago Saturday a man was shot in another incident on the Stevenson Expressway.
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