Police said the shooting happened in the South Shore neighborhood's 7600 block of East End Avenue just after 6:30 p.m.
A 48-year-old woman was found unresponsive with a single gunshot wound to her head. She was pronounced dead on the scene.
No one is in custody and Area Two detectives are investigating.
Police did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.
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