Alexus Z. Ward, 25, a Black woman from Chicago, was shot multiple times late on November 12, 2023, in the South Shore neighborhood. Police were called to the 6700 block of South Crandon Avenue around 11:20–11:30 p.m., where they found her outside near her home with multiple gunshot wounds. She was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead at 11:59 p.m., according to authorities and the Cook County medical examiner. Reports noted she lived on the same block where she
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