Woman dead, teen wounded in shooting outside South Side gas station: CPD

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A woman is dead and a teen boy wounded in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood, police said.

The woman, 48, and the boy, 17, were outside a gas station near 79th and Maryland at about 9 p.m. Monday when two people got out of a silver vehicle and fired shots, according to Chicago police. The assailants left the scene on Maryland.

The victims were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where the woman had a gunshot wound to the face and was initially listed in critical condition and later pronounced dead, police said.

The teen was listed in good condition with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.

No one is in custody, and detectives are investigating.

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