Woman critically wounded in Morgan Park shooting

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A 27-year-old woman was shot and critically wounded early Thursday in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the Far South Side.

She was outside about 2:45 a.m. in the 1600 block of West 115th Place when someone walked up and shot her in the torso, police News Affairs Officer Ron Gaines said.

She was taken in critical condition to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Gaines said.

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