Woman shot dead at red light in Garfield Park

She was shot in a vehicle Sunday evening.

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A woman was fatally shot Jan. 17 in Garfield Park.

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A woman was shot to death Sunday as she waited at a red light in Garfield Park on the West Side.

Someone pulled up alongside the 26-year-old and fired shots at her about 11:10 p.m. at Chicago and Hamlin avenues, Chicago police said.

The woman was struck twice in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she died, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified her as Qiana Harding of Humboldt Park.

She was one of six people killed in weekend gun violence throughout Chicago.

No one was in custody.

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