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Chatham woman fatally shot during argument

Lekeysha Taplet, 40, was arguing with a male suspect outside her home early Tuesday morning in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue when he shot her, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Red crime scene tape is seen lit up from a car’s headlights.

A woman was fatally shot during an argument early Tuesday in Chatham on the South Side.

Just after midnight, Lekeysha Taplet, 40, was arguing with a male suspect outside her home in the 8200 block of South Drexel Avenue when he pulled out a gun and shot her, Chicago police said.

Taplet was struck in her chest and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

No arrests were made.

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