The number of shootings on Illinois interstates has dropped for the third year in a row, Illinois State Police reports. WGN-TV Chicago Posted: January 16, 2025 | Last updated: January 16, 2025 ...

ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects in 82 percent of highway shooting cases this year ...

Interstate shootings in Illinois have declined each year since peaking at a record 310 incidents in 2021, police said. 2024: 89 shootings, 17 injury-related; 2023: 129 shootings, 37 injury-related; ...

A former crack cocaine dealer — whose sentence was commuted by former President Barack Obama — is back behind bars for allegedly shooting a car passenger on an Illinois highway, police said.

CHICAGO (CBS)--Chicago police credit surveillance cameras for the swift arrests made in last weekend's murder of Chicago police officer John Rivera, but Illinois State Police lack access to the ...

In Illinois, a state police spokeswoman declined to discuss the issue; in an interview with NBC Chicago, Maj. Matthew Gainer attributed a “very small percentage” of the shootings to road rage.

An Illinois State Trooper was shot on a highway in Chicago on Friday, October 1, 2021. Above, Illinois State Police vehicle is on display at the 110th Annual Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place in ...

Illinois State Police respond to a shooting on Interstate 57 in Calumet Park. (Credit: CBS) "I pick up my kids and you know, going downtown from the south so it's really scary," Simpson said.

Illinois State Police say an automated license plate reader program has helped the agency identify witnesses or suspects in 82% of highway shooting cases this year, including all eight that ...