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Police: Woman Fatally Shot In Woodlawn

(STMW) -- A woman was shot to death early Sunday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The woman, 19, was shot in the head about 1:30 a.m. during an outdoor party in an alley in the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to Chicago Police.

She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not immediately confirm the fatality.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2015. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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