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Woman, 64, killed as unintended target in Chicago shooting

Posted October 14, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago authorities say a 64-year-old woman has died as an unintended target of gun violence.

Sixty-four-year-old Cynthia Trevillion was hit by a stray bullet around 6:30 p.m. Friday as she was walking to a Chicago Transit Authority station on the city's North Side. She was hit in the head and pronounced dead at a hospital.

Chicago police are calling it a "tragic accident." City officials say the gunfire came from an SUV in the area.

Trevillion has been identified as a Chicago Waldorf School teacher.

Another fatal shooting took place around 8:15 p.m. A 52-year-old was struck in the chest as he sat in a parked car on the city's South Side. He was identified as Victor Carillo of Chicago.

Separately, a 13-year-old boy was wounded in a Friday shooting.

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