Woman shot while in vehicle in Albany Park

SHARE Woman shot while in vehicle in Albany Park
screen_shot_2019_04_04_at_5.39.51_am_e1554374427821.png

Illinois Masonic Medical Center | Google Maps

A 21-year-old woman was shot Thursday while riding in a vehicle in Albany Park on the Northwest Side.

About 2:10 a.m., the woman was riding in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the 4400 block of North Pulaski Avenue when she heard shots and realized she had been hit in the lower backside, Chicago police said.

Police initially reported that the shooting had occurred in the 800 block of West Wellington Avenue.

The other occupants of the vehicle took her to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, 836 W. Wellington Ave., where her condition was stabilized, police said.

Area North detectives are investigating.

Read more on crime, and track the city’s homicides.

The Latest
Man disappoints his date by saying he isn’t interested in a relationship.
Maybe, just maybe, a national effort with the power of President Biden and the White House behind it can bypass congressional inaction and finally end the bloodshed.
The CTA’s $3.7 billion plan to extend rail service to 130th Street overlaps rail service already in place.
Since its launch in January, 211 has been contacted more than 70,000 times, mostly for assistance with housing and food security.