Shooting on I-88 kills Florida truck driver near Oak Brook

A Florida truck driver was fatally shot Friday evening on the Reagan Memorial Tollway near Oak Brook.Eduardo Munoz, 43, was shot about 4:05 p.m. on Interstate 88 in Oak Brook, according to a release from the Illinois State Police. Crews with the Oak Brook...

Shooting on I-88 kills Florida truck driver near Oak Brook

A Florida truck driver was fatally shot Friday evening on the Reagan Memorial Tollway near Oak Brook.

Eduardo Munoz, 43, was shot about 4:05 p.m. on Interstate 88 in Oak Brook, according to a release from the Illinois State Police. Crews with the Oak Brook Fire Department were called to I-88, near the southbound ramp of Interstate 294, according to the department.

Munoz was driving a red 2007 Volvo semitrailer truck east on I-88 when someone in another vehicle heading in the same direction shot at the truck, hitting him, according to the release.

Munoz pulled off the road onto the shoulder at milepost 138.5, just west of York Road, near Salt Creek, according to state police.

Oak Brook ambulance crews took Munoz to Elmhurst Hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, according to police.

The Cook Count coroner's office confirmed the man's death and said that an autopsy was scheduled for Saturday.

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Illnois State Police search Interstate 88 near Oak Brook following a fatal shooting on April 21, 2017.

Illnois State Police search Interstate 88 near Oak Brook following a fatal shooting on April 21, 2017.

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Police said they did not know why the person in the other vehicle fired at Munoz.

The far right lane of eastbound traffic and the the right shoulder were shut down for investigation following the shooting.

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