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Teen Girl, 17, Fatally Shot On South Side

CHICAGO (STMW) - A teenage girl was fatally shot near her Hamilton Park home early Tuesday on the South Side.

Dzazray Brent, 17, of the 6600 block of South May St., was shot at 6646 S. May St. and pronounced dead at 3:27 a.m. at St. Bernard Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.

Police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety said she was shot in the upper right chest about 3 a.m. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday, the medical examiner's office said.

Nobody else was inured, police said.

Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

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