Chicago Violence

Police: Man Killed, Woman Injured in Washington Heights Shooting

A man was killed and a woman was wounded in a shooting early Friday in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

The two were walking in the alley in the 9100 block of South Ashland when someone in a passing white van opened fire on them, police said.

The man, 46, was shot in the head and dead at the scene, police said.

The woman, 43, was shot in the abdomen and buttocks and taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he condition had stabilized, police said.

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