A 1-year-old girl was among three dead after a Sunday night expressway shooting on Chicago’s Interstate 57 that left three more people wounded, authorities say.
Several children are among the victims. The 1-year-old was identified as A-mara Hall, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Two slain teenagers, William Smith, 13, and Nasir Hall, 19, suffered multiple gunshot wounds, authorities said. They were pronounced dead at the scene.
The shots broke out in the northbound lane of I-57 near 111th Street in the Morgan Park neighborhood at 10:37 p.m., Illinois State Police said. The targeted vehicle pulled over at an expressway ramp.
Besides the three fatalities, three others were wounded in the shooting, state police spokesman Josh Robinson said.
The 1-year-old girl was pronounced dead shortly after midnight, medical examiners said. Authorities said she was shot in the torso.
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Chicago Fire Department first responders pronounced two of the victims dead at the site near West 111th Street and South Bishop Street where the targeted white SUV pulled over, Chief Juan Hernandez said. Paramedics also transported a 14-year-old boy to Comer Children’s Hospital in “fair-to-critical” condition, Hernandez said.
The other hospitalized victims were transported by other authorities. State police declined to say where the victims were hospitalized or confirm their ages.
“This investigation is still in its infancy. To protect the integrity of the investigation, no further information is available at this time,” Robinson said.
State police closed the northbound lane of I-57 from West 127th Street to West 111th Street but reopened the expressway shortly after 4 a.m., he said.
The shooting is the 16th reported shooting on a Chicago-area expressway in 2023, ISP data shows.
This is a developing story. Check back for more updates.
jsheridan@chicagotribune.com
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