19-year-old woman killed, 4 others wounded in Austin shooting

A 19-year-old woman was killed and four other females were wounded just after 1 a.m. in the 5300 block of West Madison Street, police say The shooters fled.

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A 19-year-old woman was fatally shot and four others wounded in a shooting inside a business in the 5300 block of West Madison Street early Sunday, police said.

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A 19-year-old woman was killed and four others, including three teenage girls, wounded in a shooting early Sunday in Austin on the West Side.

The women and teens were inside a business just after 1 a.m. in the 5300 block of West Madison Street when a group began shooting at them and fled the scene, Chicago police said.

Arianna Murphy, 19, was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene at 1:24 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

A 17-year-old girl was struck in the leg and taken to Stroger Hospital in critical condition, police said.

A 20-year-old woman and two other teens, 16 and 19, were struck in the leg and hospitalized in good condition, police said.

The circumstances of the shooting are unknown, according to police.

An autopsy for Murphy, of the 1500 block of North Latrobe Avenue, was scheduled for Monday.

No one in custody.

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