Woman fatally shot after trick-or-treating
Posted October 31, 2007 11:00 pm
Chicago police say a 39-year-old woman was fatally shot in front of her southwest side residence this evening after trick-or-treating with three young children.
Chicago Police spokeswoman Monique Bond says the woman was with the children, ages 3, 5 and 7, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood when someone shot her in the head.
Bond says it is possible the woman was not the target, and was caught in gang crossfire.
Bond says the woman was taken to John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County in extremely critical condition, and the Cook County medical examiner's office says she was pronounced dead on her arrival at the hospital.
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