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Woman, 27, wounded in Englewood shooting

By  Tom Schuba
   
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Chicago Police marker to a gun casing (top right) work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-TimesChicago Police work the crime scene Tuesday afternoon in the 7000 block of south Rockwell reports of three people shot. | Scott Stewart~Sun-Times

A woman was shot Thursday evening in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

At 7:38 p.m., the 27-year-old was shot in her upper body 6200 block of South Wentworth by someone firing from a dark-colored SUV, according to Chicago Police.

She took herself to St. Bernard Hospital, where her condition was stabilized and she was transferred to Stroger Hospital, police said.

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