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Natalia Ramirez, 27, Killed In Brighton Park Shooting; 2 Others Wounded

By Kelly Bauer | January 23, 2017 9:21am
 A shooting in Brighton Park killed Natalie Ramirez, 27, and wounded two others this weekend, officials said.
A shooting in Brighton Park killed Natalie Ramirez, 27, and wounded two others this weekend, officials said.
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CHICAGO — A shooting in Brighton Park killed Natalia Ramirez, 27, of Bridgeport and wounded two others over the weekend, officials said.

At 3:15 a.m. Saturday, the victims were in the 3800 block of South St. Louis Avenue when a dark car pulled up next to them and a man got out and fired shots, police said.

The woman was hit in her head and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition, police said.

Ramirez, of the 3000 block of South Princeton Avenue, was pronounced dead at 4:02 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

Ramirez had two young sons, friends wrote on Facebook. A GoFundMe campaign for her family raised more than $5,500 in just one day.

"Thank you for all you ever did for me and for always making me smile when I was down," one woman wrote of Ramirez on Facebook. "Your laugh was contagious. You are an angel in Heaven now watching over your babies."

A 28-year-old man was shot in his leg and a 22-year-old man was shot in his back. They were taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where their conditions were not available but they were listed as "stable," police said.

The shooting appeared to be gang-related, a police source said.

No one was in custody.

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