The shooting happened at about 9:20 a.m. on Damen Avenue near McKinley Park Natural Area.
The woman, 41, was sitting in her car when a man approached her and started to shoot then ran away.
She was shot in the chest and in the head. She was rushed to the hospital where she later died.
No one is in custody. Chicago police are investigating.
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