17-year-old girl dies after being shot in the head in Little Village

Lydia Jimenez was riding in a vehicle when she was shot in the 4100 block of West 25th Place, Chicago police said.

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Los robos ocurrieron entre las 7:20 y las 8:20 a.m. el jueves, según la policía. | Archivos Sun-Times

A 17-year-old girl was shot April 15, 2021 in Little Village.

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A 17-year-old girl died after being shot in the head while in a vehicle in Little Village on the West Side Thursday.

Lydia Jimenez was shot around 7:45 p.m. in the 4100 block of West 25th Place, about two miles from her home, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital and pronounced dead, according to police. The 20-year-old man driving the car was uninjured.

No one was in custody.

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