Woman Killed in Drive-By Shooting on Chicago's Southwest Side: Police

A 26-year-old woman was killed Monday in a drive-by in LeClaire Courts on the Southwest Side.

About 11 p.m., she was a passenger in a parked red sedan when someone inside a passing white-colored SUV opened fire in the 5000 block of West 46th Street, Chicago police said. The woman was struck in the chest and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The woman was in the vehicle with her boyfriend at the time of the shooting, a police source said. It was unclear who the intended target was.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office has yet to confirm the death.

Area Central detectives are investigating the shooting.

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