Chicago teen survives gunshot because weave deflects bullet

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A Chicago woman who was shot in the head and allegedly survived because of her hair heave. According to the Chicago Tribune, honor student Chantal Hammontree, 18, was being dropped off by a friend in the East Chatham neighborhood when a man approached them with a gun.
Police said the shooting happened at 1:20 p.m. and that Hammontree was inside a van that was traveling on 83rd Street when the shots were fired, possibly by two gunmen.
The teen was getting out of a van to go home in the 900 block of East 83rd Street after a day out with friends when she was shot, Berry said. Luckily, she only suffered a graze from the bullet.
“She’s still coherent, knows everybody, knows everything. … She’s looking good,” Berry told reporters, adding “she’s still smiling. She’s always been smiley and upbeat; she’s still the same.”
Berry said Hammontree’s friends drove her to the hospital, and that though she was shot in the back of the head, her  hair weave made it “bounce back out.”
He said the bullet bounced off of her weave. However, doctors have yet to confirm or deny if the weave saved her life.
Hammontree was apparently caught in the middle of a gang war that stemmed from another uncle’s involvement. Her uncle was shot and paralyzed in May and the shooters wanted to attack her because of her relationship with her uncle.
Chicago continues to be besieged by warlike conditions. Over the 4th of July weekend, 82 people were shot in the city, the publication reported.

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