Woman fatally shot in South Chicago

The woman, 26, was found just before 5 a.m. Friday in the 8500 block of South Commercial Avenue.

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A woman was found shot to death early Friday in South Chicago.

Officers found Erica Fay Reed, 26, just before 5 a.m. in the 8500 block of South Commercial Avenue, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

She had suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead, according to police.

No one was in custody.

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