Woman, 19, shot in leg in Woodlawn

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Police investigate a shooting about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018 in the 6500 block of South Drexel | Justin Jackson/ Sun-Times

A 19-year-old woman was shot in her leg Saturday night in the South Side Woodlawn neighborhood.

The woman was a passenger in a vehicle about 11:30 p.m. in the 6500 block of South Drexel Avenue when someone shot at her from behind a tree, Chicago Police said.

She was taken with a gunshot wound in her leg to University of Chicago Medical Center in good condition, police said.

Area Central detectives were investigating the shooting.

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