Woman fatally shot in Gresham alley

Officers were responding to a ShotSpotter call when they found the woman unresponsive in an alley in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue.

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A woman was found shot to death in an alley early Wednesday in Gresham on the South Side.

Officers were responding to a ShotSpotter call about 1 a.m. when they found the woman unresponsive in an alley in the 7900 block of South Vincennes Avenue, Chicago police said.

Lakisha Mills, 43, suffered multiple gunshot wounds 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.

Area Two detectives are investigating.

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