Police in Chicago said 16 people were shot, one fatally, in 24 hours ending on Tuesday, following several days of gun violence that left more than 100 people shot.
Officials said that a 19-year-old woman was fatally shot in Washington Park on the South Side, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The woman was shot in the back at around 4:40 p.m. on Tuesday on East 56th Street, police said, adding that she was taken to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead.
