Woman killed, man wounded by gunfire during fight on porch in East Garfield Park

The two were sitting with others on a porch about 11:35 p.m. in the 3900 block of West Wilcox Street when a fight began and someone opened fire, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights. — A woman was killed and a man wounded in a shooting July 16, 2022 on the West Side.

A woman was killed and a man wounded by gunfire during a fight on a porch Saturday night in East Garfield Park on the West Side, Chicago police said.

The two were sitting with others on a porch about 11:35 p.m. in the 3900 block of West Wilcox Street when a fight began and someone opened fire, police said.

The woman, 26-year-old Mary Kinsey, was shot in the head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she died due to her injuries, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

The man, 27, was grazed in the mouth and taken to the same hospital, officials said. He was listed in good condition.

No one was in custody.

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