Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune
Chicago firefighters found a woman with a gunshot wound to the leg while responding to a call at residence in the 200 block of South Lavergne Avenue on June 9, 2023. She was later pronounced deceased at Stroger Hospital. 
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A 57-year-old woman who was found in an apartment after a fire in the Austin neighborhood was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital where she was pronounced deceased, Chicago police said.
Doctors at Stroger discovered the victim had suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg.
Shortly after 2:15 a.m., firefighters responded to a call at the 200 block of South Lavergne Avenue for a fire on the second and third floor of a residence, officials said.
No one was in custody, and detectives are investigating.
