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Woman critically hurt in Brighton Park shootingCindy Hernandezon June 12, 2021 at 3:43 am

A fireworks explodes in the air as Chicago police work the scene were a 20-year-old woman was shot in 4700 block of South California Ave, in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Friday, June 11, 2021. The shooting initially took place near the 4700 block of South Rockwell. | Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times

The 20-year-old woman was sitting in a vehicle with her boyfriend Friday night when the gunman approached them while yelling gang slogans in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street.

A woman was critically hurt in a shooting Friday night in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.

She was sitting in a vehicle with her boyfriend about 8:50 p.m. when the gunman approached them while yelling gang slogans in the 4700 block of South Rockwell Street, Chicago police said.

The 20-year-old girl was sitting in the passenger seat when she was struck in the neck and hand, police said.


Tyler LaRiviere/Sun-Times
Chicago police work the scene were a 20-year-old woman was shot in 4700 block of South Rockwell Ave, in the Brighton Park neighborhood, Friday, June 11, 2021.

After the shooting, her boyfriend drove off and pulled over at a Shell gas station, 4658 S California Ave., where Chicago Fire Department paramedics arrived.

The woman was transported her to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.

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