Filming in Chicago: A 71-year-old woman shot at Morgan Park House in South Side, Chicago; was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center, police say

CHICAGO (WLS) – A 71-year-old woman was pronounced dead at Christ Medical Center after being shot several times, police said.

Emma Wright was shot Sunday night around 7:40 p.m. in a house in Morgan Park in the south, according to police.

“I was terrified that someone might be at home first and then be subjected to street violence,” said neighbor Rodney Rickett.

Authorities said two men who were outside headed for the house and opened fire on the house near 108th Street and Morgan. Investigators do not believe it was a random shot, but Wright was not the desired target.

“It just proves that, you don’t know, you can’t leave your guards, because it’s just a violent city we live in now,” Rickett said.

Neighbors said crime in the area has increased recently.

“My son was shot three months ago at the corner of Harlem and Halsted at 3 p.m. Three armed men approached him and shot the car 31 times,” Rickett said.

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According to police, no one is arrested, and the motive behind the shooting remains unclear. This is an ongoing investigation, police added.

Community activist Andrew Holmes said the killing was “devastating to the family and the community.”

“We should not, and cannot, remain silent about the ongoing violence in Chicago,” Holmes said in a statement. “Emma Wright was a grandmother who lived in the comfort of her own home when she became the latest victim of an unexplained shooting in Chicago.”

The woman’s death was part of a weekend that included 36 people shot, including six dead.

Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.