Crime & Safety

Lake View Woman Murdered Saturday in Austin

Shemara Fitzpatrick, 23, was shot in the chest over the weekend. She was one of eight deaths in Chicago since Friday.

Lake View resident Shemara Fitzpatrick, 23, was killed Saturday afternoon in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Fitzpatrick was fatally shot in the chest at 3 p.m. on the 4800 block of West Fulton Street after someone drove up to her, stepped out of the vehicle and opened fire, CBS Chicago reports. A 34-year-old man at the scene was also seriously injured in the same shooting.

Eight people were killed around Chicago over the weekend, seven of which were shot and one who was stabbed to death, the Sun-Times wrote. At least 30 people were injured.

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Fitzpatrick lived on the 1100 block of West Grace Street in Lake View. She passed away at Mount Sinai Hospital at 3:46 p.m., according to the Chicago Tribune

Read the Sun-Time's article detailing the other Chicago deaths here. 

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