Woman fatally shot in Washington Park

The woman was struck in the neck and chest by gunshots in the 6200 block of South Michigan Avenue, police said. She died at a hospital.

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A woman was fatally shot Sunday night in Washington Park on the South Side.

Tiffany Butler, 41, was in the 6200 block of South Michigan Avenue about 5:30 p.m. when she was struck in the neck and chest by gunfire, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

She was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where she later died, police said.

No one was in custody.

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