E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune
Illinois State Police divert rush-hour traffic from the inbound Eisenhower Expressway at Western Avenue to investigate a shooting, Aug. 23, 2021. 
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The inbound Eisenhower Expressway was closed for several hours Monday afternoon while the Illinois State Police investigated a shooting, authorities said.
State police received a report around 2:15 p.m. that two people were shot on I-290 near California Avenue and had arrived at a hospital in a private vehicle, state police Trooper Philip Ayala said.
The inbound lanes were closed at Western Avenue for about 21/2 hours, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. They reopened shortly before 5:30 p.m.
Ayala said he did not immediately have additional information about the shooting.
