2 wounded, 1 fatally, in Gresham shooting

Shanita Fennell, 24, was inside a parked car and a man was standing next to the car when both were shot Thursday in the 1600 block of West 79th Street.

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A woman and man were shot Thursday afternoon in the 1600 block of West 79th Street.

Sun-Times file

A woman was killed and a man was critically wounded in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Gresham on the South Side.

Around 4:30 p.m., the woman was seated inside a parked car and the man was standing next to it in the 1600 block of West 79th Street when a red SUV drove by and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police said.

Shanita Fennell, 24, was shot in head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The man, 30, was shot in the face and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was also listed in critical condition, according to police.

No one was in custody. Detectives are investigating.

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