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Woman found shot to death in Humboldt Park alley

The 29-year-old was found in an alley in the 1000 block of North Hamlin Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head.

By Sun-Times Wire

At least 26 people were shot in Chicago in the first night of the weekend. — A woman was found shot to death Jan 1, 2022, in Humboldt Park.

A woman was found shot to death Saturday morning in Humboldt Park on the West Side.

Susan Torres, 29, was found in an alley in the 1000 block of North Hamlin Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head just before 9 a.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No one was in custody.

Additional details were not released.

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