Woman fatally shot in Woodlawn

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Police investigate in the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove after a person was shot early Sunday. | Network Video Procutions

A woman was shot to death early Sunday in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the South Side.

Shaquandra Ratliff, 20, was shot in the head about 1:30 a.m. during an outdoor party in an alley in the 6100 block of South Cottage Grove, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Ratliff, who lived in the 6800 block of South Morgan, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 2:29 a.m., authorities said.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

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