Woman fatally shot in West Garfield Park identified

The woman was found with a gunshot wound to the head when officers responded to a call of shots fired.

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A woman was shot in the West Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday and died a short time later. | Sun-Times file photo

Sun-Times file photo

A woman who was shot and killed in the West Garfield Park neighborhood early Saturday has been identified, officials said.

Officers responded to a call of shots fired and found 34-year-old Ebony D. Hill with a gunshot wound to the head about 2 a.m. in the 200 block of South Kostner Avenue, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Hill was taken to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced dead at 2:42 a.m., the office said.

No one is in custody and Area 4 detectives are investigating.

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