80-year-old woman shot in head while sleeping in her West Pullman home

An 80-year-old woman was shot in the head early Wednesday in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side.

The woman was inside her home, asleep in her second floor bedroom when shots were fired outside and a bullet struck her in the head at 1:34 a.m. in the 11800 block of South Eggleston, according to Chicago police.

She was taken to Christ Medical Center where she was in serious condition. Her condition had stabilized, police said.

The woman was not believed to be the intended target and the shooter may have been targeting a relative who had recently been paroled to the home, police said.

Area South detectives were investigating.