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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Struett

Stray gunfire kills woman, strikes ambulance in Chicago Lawn: police

A man was fatally shot early Tuesday at a gas station on the border of the South Side Chatham and Grand Crossing neighborhoods. | Sun-Times file

Stray gunfire killed a woman and hit the ambulance responding for her Friday in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side, police said.

The woman was shopping in a cellphone store when she was struck by gunfire from two males shooting outside, Chicago police said.

The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. in the 5900 block of South Kedzie Avenue, according to police.

An ambulance responding to the scene was struck by more gunfire, police said.

The woman, 36, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she died, police said. No other injuries were reported.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released details about the death.

Area Central detectives are conducting a homicide investigation. No arrests have been made.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

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