Man shot while driving on Dan Ryan, 3-year-old girl in back seat unharmed

The shots were fired from a dark-colored Dodge Charger near 61st Street.

A woman was killed and an officer wounded during a shoot-out Apr. 3, 2022, in an Oak Forest grocery store.

A man was shot while driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway July 26, 2021, on the South Side.

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A man was shot while driving on the Dan Ryan Expressway near 61st Street Monday night, but a 3-year-old in the backseat was not harmed, according to officials.

The man, 23, was traveling outbound about 8:30 p.m. when someone in a dark-colored Dodge Charger began shooting at his car, Chicago police said.

He was struck in the leg and exited the expressway near the Chicago Skyway, where he stopped for help at the toll booth, police said.

He was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center with non-life-threatening injures, according to Illinois State Police.

No one was in custody.

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