Crime & Safety
25-Year Old Mom Of 3 Shot To Death In South Chicago Heights
The June 2 death of Nicole De Leon has been ruled a homicide.
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL - A 25-year-old woman was found dead at a home in South Chicago Heights over the weekend in what police are considering a homicide investigation.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said Nicole De Leon died of multiple gunshot wounds to the head. The Chicago Sun-Times reports De Leon died at 9:28 a.m. on June 2 in the 2800 block of Chicago Road in South Chicago Heights.
De Leon was a mother of three young children, according to the Sun-Times.
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Police have not announced an arrest as of early Monday evening. They were questioning a person of interest, according to an NBC-Chicago report.
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