An 18-year-old woman died after being shot in the head Wednesday night in Chicago's Belmont Cragin neighborhood. Officers were called to a residence on the Northwest Side just before 9 p.m., where they found her wounded before she was rushed to the hospital.
Police responded at about 8:53 p.m. to a residence in the 2700 block of South Monitor Avenue and found the woman with a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. She was taken by ambulance to Loyola University Medical Center, where she later died, police said.
Area 5 detectives are investigating the shooting, according to the same report. Further details about the circumstances were not immediately available.
Shooting Adds to Citywide Homicide Count
The killing comes as Chicago had recorded 335 homicides through October 10, according to a tracker maintained by the Chicago Tribune. The tribune's data, updated weekly, excludes killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics.
Most homicide victims in Chicago this year died as the result of gunshot wounds, per the tracker.
No further updates on the Belmont Cragin case had been released as of publication. Anyone with information has not yet been given a specific tip line to contact, and police have not said whether additional details will be released as the Area 5 investigation continues.
