Police chase ends in crash, four in custody

Four suspects wanted for firing shots from a vehicle are in custody after leading police on a chase on the Dan Ryan Expressway that ended in a crash on the South Side early Monday.

At 1:45 a.m., Targeted Response Unit officers were in the 5100 block of South Union Avenue on a routine patrol when they heard shots fired from a vehicle, according to a statement from Chicago police News Affairs.

The vehicle from which the shots were fired fled the scene and the officers pursued the vehicle onto the Dan Ryan Expressway. The suspects took the West 79th Street exit and and crashed in the 7900 block of South Lafayette. Four people were arrested and taken to Saint Bernard Hospital and Health Care Center with minor injuries, the statement said.

The names, ages and genders of the suspects remained unavailable as of 4:30 a.m., according to police News Affairs Officer Hector Alfaro. The suspects had not been charged as of 5 a.m.

A weapon was also recovered. No officers were injured, Alfaro said.

Alfaro did not know which district or area police were investigating.