A woman was killed and a teenage boy wounded in a shooting in Washington Heights on Monday afternoon.
The woman, 46, and boy, 17, were on the sidewalk in the 9300 block of South Halsted Street shortly after 5:30 p.m. when they were shot, according to police.
The woman, identified as Latreasha Hopson, was shot in the hip and taken to Christ Medical Center where she was later pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. The boy was shot in the left arm and taken to the same hospital in good condition.
No one was in custody. Area detectives are investigating.
