Woman working in a Chicago thrift store shot dead after gun hidden in donated SOCK goes off

An employee at a Chicago discount store was killed Friday morning after a gun stashed inside a donated sock accidentally went off.

The incident took place inside Unique Thrift at 9341 South Ashland Avenue on Chicago's South Side at around 9.45am.

Police say the freak accident happened while the 54-year-old victim and a co-worker were going through donated clothing in a back room.

Crime scene: A 54-year-old employee at Unique Thrift Store on South Ashland Avenue was sorting thought donated clothing when a gun fell from a sock and discharged

When the colleague shook a sock, a gun tumbled out and discharged, striking the 54-year-old in the chest.

The fatally wounded store employee was rushed to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where she was pronounced dead an hour later, Chicago Tribune reported.

A spokesperson for the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office told MailOnline that an autopsy will be performed on the victim Saturday.



Freak accident:The discount store worker (not pictured) was struck by a bullet in the chest and died in a hospital an hour later

Her name has not been released pending notification of family.