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Woman Killed When Gun 'Accidentally Discharges' In Auburn Gresham

CHICAGO (STMW) -- A gun "accidentally discharged" and killed a 20-year-old woman in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood Wednesday night, police said.

The woman was in the 7800 block of South Honore when "an unknown offender was displaying a weapon" that "accidentally discharged" and struck her in the head, police said.

She was dead at the scene, police said.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2016. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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