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Man shot on Bishop Ford expressway dies

Illinois State Police troopers responded to a call of a shooting on Interstate 94 near 103rd Street around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday.

By Sun-Times Wire

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A man was killed in a shooting on the Bishop Ford Expressway on Wednesday afternoon near Pullman.

Troopers responded to a call of a shooting on Interstate 94 near 103rd Street about 2:45 p.m., Illinois State Police said.

Paramedics transported Victor Turner, 24, in grave condition to the University of Chicago Medical Center, officials said. He later died, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No other information was available.

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