Woman killed, teen wounded in shooting outside South Side gas station

CHICAGO - A woman was killed and a teenage boy was wounded in a shooting outside a gas station Monday night in the Grand Crossing neighborhood.

The 48-year-old and the 17-year-old were standing outside a gas station around 9 a.m. in the 800 block of East 79th Street when a silver vehicle pulled up and two gunmen got out and started shooting at them, police said.

The gunmen fled northbound on Maryland Avenue, police said.

The woman suffered a gunshot wound to the face and was transported by paramedics to the University of Chicago Medical Center where she was pronounced dead, police said.

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The teen was struck in the leg and was also taken to U of C Medical Center where he was listed in good condition, police said.

No one is in custody as Area Two detectives investigate.