Woman fatally shot in Dolton

Laresha Bowles, 36, was shot about 2:10 a.m. in the 14200 block of Ellis Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Four people were shot, two of them fatally at a Far South Side gathering early Saturday.

A woman was shot dead April 18, 2021, in Dolton.

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A woman was killed in a shooting Sunday in south suburban Dolton. 

Laresha Bowles, 36, was shot about 2:10 a.m. in the 14200 block of Ellis Avenue, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. 

She was pronounced dead about 3:05 a.m. at Ingalls Memorial Hospital, the medical examiner’s office said. An autopsy found she died of a gunshot wound to her back and ruled her death a homicide. 

Dolton officials didn’t immediately reply to a request for details. 

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