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Woman Killed, Two Wounded in Back of the Yards Daylight Shooting

Detectives are probing a motorcycle attack that targeted a moving vehicle.

Overview

  • Police say a 26-year-old woman died and two males ages 18 and 16 were shot in Back of the Yards after attackers on a motorcycle fired into their vehicle.
  • The victims' vehicle hit a parked car during the attack in the 1700 block of West 50th Street, according to police.
  • The 16-year-old and 18-year-old were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in critical and serious condition, and the woman was pronounced dead there.
  • No suspects have been identified and no arrests have been reported as detectives investigate.
  • In a separate overnight shooting in Greater Grand Crossing, a 26-year-old man was shot leaving a restaurant and died at the University of Chicago Hospital, which police are treating as a homicide.