Trooper suffers critical gunshot wound on Chicago expressway

CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois State Police trooper has been shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the shooting happened shortly before 2 p.m. on Friday on the inbound side of the expressway at 43rd Street. He says the trooper was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he is being treated for a “critical gunshot wound.” The shooting comes on the same day that state police started beefing up patrols on expressways in response to a rash of shootings on the roadways.