Woman, 24, dies after being shot in Austin earlier this month
Shamyra Williams, 24, died from gunshot wounds sustained during a shooting on September 19 in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago. She was found on the sidewalk in the 200 block of North Leamington Avenue.
A woman who was shot earlier this month on a sidewalk in Austin died Thursday of her wounds, officials said.An autopsy Saturday determined Shamyra Williams, 24, died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, which said Williams died Thursday.About 10:25 p.m. on Sept. 19, police officers responded to a call of a person shot and found Williams, on the sidewalk in the 200 block of North Leamington Avenue, police said at the time.She suffered a gunshot…
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