Woman fatally shot in South Shore

A woman was shot to death Tuesday night in the South Shore neighborhood.

Dominique L. Hobson, 23, was shot in the head at 11:41 p.m. in the 7400 block of South Yates, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Witnesses told police the shooting occurred during a traffic altercation.

Hobson, of the South Chicago neighborhood, was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead shortly after midnight Wednesday, authorities said.

Area Central detectives were investigating.