Gunshot victim found during West Englewood house fire ID'd: coroner

A woman was found shot to death as crews responded to a fire at a house early Friday in the West Englewood neighborhood.

Officers on patrol spotted a small fire on the side of a house around 12:44 a.m. in the 6400 block of South Damen Avenue.

They searched the area around the house and found a 32-year-old woman who was lying unresponsive with a gunshot wound to the back of the head, police said.

The Cook County medical examiner identified the victim as Raquel Adams. 

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She was transported to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said.

No one is in custody as Area One detectives investigate.

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