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CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago authorities say the death of a teenage girl who suffered an asthma attack after witnessing a fatal shooting at a block party was a homicide.
Police say a dispute over a parking spot on the South Side led to gunfire last July. Two people were killed and two others injured in the shooting.
Authorities say 16-year-old Jessica Williams witnessed the shooting, suffered an asthma attack and collapsed at the scene. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
Results of a Cook County medical examiner's autopsy released Thursday shows she died of bronchial asthma and stress associated with gunshots fired into a crowd. The office determined her death was a homicide.
The block party was in remembrance of Williams' cousin and was attended by about 100 people.
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