Woman slain in South Shore

The 25-year-old was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 11:20 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Crandon Avenue, police said.

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A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot in the South Shore neighborhood late Sunday, Chicago police said.

Alexus Z. Ward was found with multiple gunshot wounds around 11:20 p.m. in the 6700 block of South Crandon Avenue, police said.

Ward, who also lived in the 6700 block of South Crandon Avenue, was pronounced dead 11:59 p.m. at the University of Chicago Medical Center, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No one is in custody, police said.

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