Woman, 27, fatally wounded late Thursday morning in shooting on South Side

A 27-year-old woman away attempted to pull off when two gunmen approached her vehicle but was fatally wounded on the South Side in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Shortly before 11:15 a.m., the victim and a 30-tear-old woman were sitting in a car in the 7000 block of South Vernon Avenue when two males approached brandishing guns, police said.

The victim sped away, but one of the males opened fire striking her in the head. She was taken to UChicago Medicine where she was pronounced dead.

The gunman and the person he was with fled the scene in an unknown direction.

No one was in custody and detectives were investigating.

 

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