CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A 73-year-old woman was shot and seriously wounded through the doorway of her Calumet Heights home Friday on the South Side.
According to police, the woman was opening the back door of her home to let a visiting relative in around 2 a.m. in the 9000 block of South Oglesby Avenue when someone outside fired shots.
The woman was hit in the chest and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center in serious condition, police said.
According to the Sun-Times, a police source said the relative was the woman's teenage grandson. He told investigators he may have been the intended target, but didn't see the shooter or know where the shots came from.
No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
