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Woman Shot in Neck While Sitting Near Window in West Oak Lane

A woman was shot in the neck as she sat in the second floor bedroom of her home on Monday night

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Police are investigating after a 65-year-old woman was shot in the neck as she sat in her bedroom on the second floor of her home in the city's West Oak Lane neighborhood.

According tom police, the woman was sitting in a chair near her bedroom window along the 5800 block of Anderson Street when she heard a bang, just after 9 p.m. and suffered a graze wound on her neck.

She declined medical treatment, but, officials said police are investigating the shooting.

No arrest have yet been made, but law enforcement officials said an investigation into this shooting is ongoing.

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