An officer was discovered fatally wounded early Saturday morning after her shift on the South Side in the Avalon Park neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Shortly before 1:45 a.m., she was found with a gunshot wound in the 8100 block of South Blackstone Avenue. A responding officer rendered aid, and she was transported to a local hospital where she died of her injuries, police said.
The officer had just completed her shift.
No one was in custody for the fatal shooting, and detectives were investigating.
Check back as details emerge.