Cottage Grove Heights Shooting: Woman struck by bullet while driving

She was driving in the 9500 block of South Avalon Avenue when she was shot in the arm, police said.

A woman was hospitalized when she was shot Nov. 30, 2019 in Cottage Grove Heights.

A 19-year-old woman was wounded when she was shot while driving Saturday in Cottage Grove Heights on the South Side.

She was driving about 9:28 p.m. in the 9500 block of South Avalon Avenue when she heard gunfire and felt pain, Chicago police said.

The woman was hit in the arm and drove to the 7800 block of South Exchange Avenue, where authorities were called, police said. Her condition was stabilized at the University of Chicago Medical Center.

No one is in custody as Area South detectives investigate.

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She was driving in the 9500 block of South Avalon Avenue when she was shot in the arm, police said.