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Woman shot in East Garfield Park

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A 46-year-old woman was shot in the East Garfield Park neighborhood Friday night.

She was standing in the 3000 block of West Lexington about 9:45 p.m. when three males came out of a gangway and one of them shot in her direction, striking her in the hip, police said.

She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where her condition stabilized, police said.

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