Chicago woman, 22, shot to death at Skokie hotel

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A 22-year-old woman from Chicago was shot to death Saturday night at a hotel in north suburban Skokie, according to police.

Leslie Coronel was found with a gunshot wound at 11:49 p.m. after officers responded to a call of shots fired at the Hampton Inn at 5201 Old Orchard Road, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office and a release from Skokie police.

Coronel was taken to a hospital where she died. Several people were being interviewed by detectives early Sunday.

No charges had been filed. Police were conducting a death investigation.

Skokie police said they believed the incident was isolated and that no threat existed to the general public.

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