Young woman critically wounded in shooting in Humboldt Park

An 18-year-old woman was critically wounded Sunday in a shooting in Humboldt Park on the Northwest Side.

About 2 p.m. she was on the sidewalk in the 1000 block of North Lawndale Avenue, when she was approached by someone who pulled out a gun and shot her in the face, Chicago police said.

She was rushed to Stroger Hospital for treatment, police said.

Area North detectives are invesitgating.