Woman, 18, fatally wounded, man shot in vehicle overnight on Near South Side

An 18-year-old woman was fatally wounded overnight in a drive-by shooting on the Near South Side, Chicago police said.

Around midnight, officers responded to a call of a person shot in the first block of East 21st Street and found two people with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle, police said.

An 18-year-old woman suffered two gunshot wounds to the chest, and was pronounced dead at the scene. A 38-year-old man suffered a gunshot wound to the hand, and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition.

A witness at the scene told police the victims were shot by someone in a passing vehicle. No one was in custody and detectives are investigating.

 

 

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