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Woman shot, killed after accident during funeral procession in Dixmoor: police

A woman was shot and later died after her vehicle crashed into a home in Dixmoor during a funeral procession, police said.

The incident occurred just after noon on Saturday at the intersection of 147th and Seeley streets.

When officers arrived, they discovered a white Jaguar SUV had collided with a home.

The vehicle was part of a funeral procession that had just left St. Mark's Church in Harvey, and a woman in the SUV had gunshot wounds, according to police.

She was taken to Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, where she later died from her injuries. Authorities identified her as 34-year-old Rhomesha Turner of Calumet Park.

Dixmoor police and Illinois State Police are investigating the incident.