According to police, Emma Wright was gunned down at around 7:40 PM on Sunday evening in a house in Morgan Park on the south side.
“I was shocked that first of all someone could be in their house and then still be a victim of the street violence,” said Rodney Rickett, neighbor.
Authorities said two men who were outside walked to the house and open fire on the house near 108th and Morgan Streets. Investigators don’t believe this was a random shooting, but Wright was not the intended target.
“It just goes to show that, you know, there’s no way to put your guards down because it’s just a violent town that we live in now,” Rickett said.
Neighbors said crime in the area has increased recently.
“My son was shot just three months ago around the corner in Harlem and Halsted at 3pm. Three gunmen came up to him and shot the car 31 times,” said Rickett.
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According to the police, no one is in custody and the motive behind the shooting remains unclear. This is an ongoing investigation, police added.
Community activist Andrew Holmes said the murder was “devastating to the family and the community.”
“We must not and cannot remain silent about the ongoing violence in the city of Chicago,” Holmes said in a statement. “Emma Wright was a grandmother sitting in the comfort of her own home when she was the latest victim of unexplained shootings in Chicago.”
The woman’s death was part of a weekend in which 36 people were shot, including six dead.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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