Austin gas station shooting leaves woman dead

The 20-year-old woman was in a West Side station Wednesday afternoon when someone got out of a silver sedan and shot her, police said.

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A woman was shot and killed Wednesday at a gas station in Austin on the West Side.

The 20-year-old was in a gas station about 3:30 p.m. in the 4800 block of West Madison Street when someone pulled up in a silver sedan and a person got out and fired, Chicago police said.

The woman was shot in her head and leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

She was identified as Corrine Smith by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

No arrests were reported.

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