Gunfire broke out between the occupants of two vehicles on Naperville’s Route 59 near Aurora Avenue Friday night, sending residents of the busy commercial corridor scrambling but leaving no one hurt. Police say the shooting happened about 9:20 p.m. in the 600 block of South Route 59, after a witness reported watching people inside two fleeing cars fire at one another.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Naperville police officers responded to reports of shots fired and interviewed a witness who described the exchange between the two vehicles. Officers located both vehicles allegedly involved and interviewed their occupants that same night, the paper reports. Police say the parties involved were known to each other, and that the shooting posed no threat to the public. As of the Tribune’s report, no charges had been filed against anyone connected to the incident, and no injuries were reported.
The precise timeline of the response was laid out in more detail by Positively Naperville, which reported that dispatchers logged the shots-fired call at 9:19 p.m. Friday, with initial callers describing subjects fleeing the scene in vehicles immediately after the gunfire. Naperville police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 630-420-6006 or by emailing [email protected].
A Commercial Corridor With a History of Gunfire
Route 59 functions as a major artery linking Naperville and Aurora, running through a stretch lined with retail and dining destinations that see heavy daily commuter traffic, per Positively Naperville’s profile of the area. Naperville itself sits roughly 28 miles west of Chicago and, with about 145,000 residents, ranks as the second-largest city in the Chicago suburbs…