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Old 07-28-2015, 11:15 PM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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So my wife sat stopped on 290 for an hour tonight just before Homan (heading west), only to be led off the expressway to sidestreets. Seriously, police mandated shut down so my wife has to drive down Madison to Austin?

What the heck was going on?
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Old 07-29-2015, 12:07 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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It's the west side, late at night. Put two and two together...
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Old 07-29-2015, 05:35 AM
 
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Again it appears shots were fired on the Eisenhower...........
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Old 07-29-2015, 06:34 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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Again it appears shots were fired on the Eisenhower...........
Is that 3 times in about a week now?
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Old 07-29-2015, 06:46 AM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Drover - thanks for contributing your snarky response. God forbid I be worried for my wife's safety at 10:30pm driving through the west side of Chicago.

I daydream of the day when we leave this state. Keep your heads in the clouds, Chicago, it's easier to ignore the problems from up there.
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Old 07-29-2015, 07:48 AM
 
Location: broke leftist craphole Illizuela
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Eisenhower lanes reopen after report of shots fired - Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5

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CHICAGO (Sun-Times Media Wire) -
All lanes of the Interstate 290 Eisenhower Expressway have reopened after reports of shots fired shut down part of the roadway late Tuesday, jamming outbound traffic for miles.

About 9:45 p.m., a driver reported seeing someone fire shots out of a silver sedan in the outbound I-290 lanes near Independence Boulevard, according to Illinois State Police.

The expressway was completely closed to traffic between Independence and Cicero until about 11 p.m., when two lanes were opened as investigators canvassed for shell casings, state police said. They didn’t find any, and no gunshot victims were found.

Traffic was back on the move in all lanes as of about 2 a.m., authorities said.
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Old 07-29-2015, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Chicago
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Drover - thanks for contributing your snarky response.
You're welcome! Someone's gotta do it when people ask questions they could just as easily answer for themselves.

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God forbid I be worried for my wife's safety at 10:30pm driving through the west side of Chicago.
Notwithstanding the melodrama, your wife was never in any danger.

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I daydream of the day when we leave this state. Keep your heads in the clouds, Chicago, it's easier to ignore the problems from up there.
Bye!
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Old 07-29-2015, 08:29 AM
 
Location: River North, Chicago, Illinois
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I daydream of the day when we leave this state. Keep your heads in the clouds, Chicago, it's easier to ignore the problems from up there.
As Walt Disney used to say, "If you can dream it, you can do it!"

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The expressway was completely closed to traffic between Independence and Cicero until about 11 p.m., when two lanes were opened as investigators canvassed for shell casings, state police said. They didn’t find any, and no gunshot victims were found.
And this is why you should always use a revolver.
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Old 07-29-2015, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Oak Park, IL
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Notwithstanding the melodrama, your wife was never in any danger.
Wow, so you must regularly drive around the west side of Chicago, down Madison, through Garfield Park and Austin, at 11pm on a regular basis?

Keep telling yourself you're not in danger doing that, go ahead.
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Old 07-29-2015, 12:34 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Wow, so you must regularly drive around the west side of Chicago, down Madison, through Garfield Park and Austin, at 11pm on a regular basis?

Keep telling yourself you're not in danger doing that, go ahead.
Your wife is statistically far more likely to be killed in a car accident on the Ike. Does that keep you up at nights, or are your fears conveniently selective?
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