Woman visiting UI Health fatally shot in UIC parking garage

Woman killed in shooting in UIC parking garage identified

A woman visiting UI Health was fatally shot in a UIC parking garage Tuesday afternoon. Here's what we know.

CHICAGO - A woman visiting UI Health for an appointment was fatally shot Tuesday afternoon in a University of Illinois Chicago parking garage, prompting campus alerts.

What we know:

UIC sent out an alert around 2:30 p.m. reporting police activity at 1100 S. Wood St. and asked people to avoid the area.

In a follow-up alert at 2:54 p.m., the university said police were on the third level of the Wood Street Parking Structure and that there was no threat to campus. The garage remained open, except for the third level.

UIC later confirmed that a shooting occurred in the garage and that the woman who was killed was visiting UI Health for an appointment.

On Tuesday evening, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified the victim as 34-year-old Shawnquanice Kimbrough. Her cause of death was ruled a homicide with a gunshot wound to her face. 

The university said the area has been secured and that the northeast section of the third floor of the garage remains closed while the investigation continues.

SkyFOX was over the scene earlier and observed a white sheet covering something between two vehicles inside the garage.

What we don't know:

What led up to the shooting remains unclear.  

What's next:

UIC says updates will be shared as more information becomes available.