Woman killed in Brighton Park shooting

A fireworks explodes in the air as Chicago police work the scene were a 20-year-old woman was shot in 4700 block of South California Ave, in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Friday, June 11, 2021. The shooting initially took place near the 4700 block of South Rockwell. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

A woman was killed in a shooting Friday night in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

She was sitting in a vehicle with her boyfriend about 8:50 p.m. when a gunman approached them while yelling gang slogans in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street, Chicago police said.

The 20-year-old girl was sitting in the passenger seat when she was struck in the neck and hand, police said.

Chicago police work the scene were a 20-year-old woman was shot in 4700 block of South Rockwell Ave, in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Friday, June 11, 2021.

After the shooting, her boyfriend drove off and pulled over at a Shell gas station, 4658 S California Ave., where Chicago Fire Department paramedics arrived.

The woman was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital and later pronounced dead, police said.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.