A 23-year-old woman fatally wounded one of two people who forced their way into her home Wednesday morning in the Austin neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Just before 6:45 a.m., two people illegally entered a residence in the 700 block of North Laramie Avenue and displayed firearms, police said.
A woman who is a concealed carry card holder pulled out a weapon and an exchange of gunfire ensued. One of the suspects suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
No other injuries have been reported and it is being investigated by the police.