25-year-old woman fatally shot in Chatham

Rickisha King-Tiggs was shot in her head and leg on the sidewalk in the 800 block of East 82nd Street Wednesday evening, police said.

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A woman was fatally shot in Chatham Wednesday evening, police said.

Rickisha King-Tiggs, 25, was shot in her head and leg while standing on a sidewalk in the 800 block of East 82nd Street just before 5 p.m., according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

She was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

There is no one in custody, and detectives are investigating.

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