Woman dies in Hanson Park double shooting

Cindy Martinez was in a car with a 25-year-old man just after midnight Monday in the 2100 block of North Laramie Avenue when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, officials said.

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Two people were shot, one fatally, May 24, 2021, in Hanson Park.

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A woman was fatally shot Monday in Hanson Park on the Northwest Side. 

Cindy Martinez was in a car with a 25-year-old man just after midnight in the 2100 block of North Laramie Avenue when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. 

Martinez, 23, was struck in the head and taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead later that day at 3:06 p.m., officials said. 

The man was shot in the arm, leg and lower back, police said. He was taken to the same hospital in fair condition at the time.

No arrests have been reported. Area Five detectives are investigating. 

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