{"id":91538,"date":"2025-07-25T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/91538\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:00:19","slug":"chicago-men-charged-in-separate-expressway-shootings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/91538\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago men charged in separate expressway shootings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/lamarkcus-ferguson-aldo-ruiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Lamarkcus R. Ferguson (left) and Aldo Ruiz | Illinois State Police <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><strong>CHICAGO<\/strong> &#8211; Illinois State Police have announced charges against two men accused in separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expressway shootings<\/a> this month in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Chicago.<\/a><\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/shooting-on-dan-ryan-expressway-results-in-injuries-lane-closure-police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The first shooting<\/a> happened on July 9 in the northbound lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway at 47th Street, where two people were struck by gunfire and taken to a local hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The investigation led ISP agents to identify 36-year-old Lamarkcus Ferguson as a suspect, and Country Club Hills police arrested Ferguson on Monday during a traffic stop.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Ferguson was charged with five counts of attempted murder, two counts of aggravated battery with a firearm and five counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">On July 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/i-90-cumberland-shooting-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a person was shot<\/a> in the southbound lanes of I-90 near East River Road in Chicago and taken to an area hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">On Wednesday, Aldo Ruiz turned himself in to ISP special agents. The 22-year-old was charged with one count of attempted murder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> The information in this report came from Illinois State Police.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/us\/il\/cook-county\/chicago\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Lamarkcus R. 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