Shooting on Chicago's West Side leaves woman dead
A woman was shot and killed in a car in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood Thursday afternoon.
At 2:34 p.m., the woman was sitting in a car in the 1600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue when three people came up. One of them took out a gun and shot the woman, police said.
The woman was shot in the head and torso and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.
A white car was seen crashed into a tree at the scene.
The scene of the shooting is about a block from William Penn Elementary School, 1616 S. Avers Ave.
The school was placed on a soft lockdown after the shooting. No students or staff were hurt.
Harrison Area detectives are investigating.
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