CHICAGO (CBS) — A man was charged Thursday evening in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman in the Back of the Yards neighborhood.
Chicago police
Police said the woman was in a vehicle driving through an alley in the 2000 block of West 47th Street shortly before 6 p.m. when a man approached and shot her in the face and chest.
The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead. Her name has not been released.
About 15 minutes after the shooting, police arrested 18-year-old Trevon Smith in the 4800 block of South Seeley Avenue.
Smith has been charged with one count of first-degree murder and was scheduled to make his first court appearance on Sunday.