Illinois State Police are investing a shooting that occurred Wednesday night on westbound I-64 near milepost three in East St. Louis.
ISP initially responded to the scene of a reported crash and upon arrival determined there were numerous apparent bullet holes in a Black Ford truck. There was a deceased victim, a 39-year-old East St. Louis man, in the driver’s seat of the truck. The official cause and manner of death is pending an autopsy.
Preliminary findings indicate the shots were fired from an unknown vehicle traveling on westbound I-64. The westbound lanes were shut down for almost six hours during the late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to call Illinois State Police, Division of Criminal Investigation at 618-571-4124 or Crime Stoppers at 866-371-8477.
