Illinois State Police made two arrests following two separate road rage shootings on the Eisenhower Expressway last week.
Mario Lyons, 45, from Burnham, was taken into custody after allegedly firing at another vehicle on eastbound Interstate 290 near Central Avenue around 10:37 a.m. on Oct. 8, according to Illinois State Police. Chicago Police Department officers quickly followed and located his vehicle and took him into custody.
Almost exactly 12 hours later, around 10:48 p.m., 33-year-old Chicago resident David Andujar allegedly fired a weapon multiple times at another vehicle near Austin Boulevard on westbound Interstate 290. According to ISP, the victim’s vehicle was not hit and no one was injured.
Lyons was charged with aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon and aggravated unlawful possession of a weapon. Andujar was charged with two counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon. Both will remain in custody until their first court appearances.