Charges have been filed in the shooting death of a woman as she exited her car last month in Austin on the West Side.

Tracey Allen Showers, a mother of three and a church volunteer, was hit in the face by a stray bullet while getting out of her car around late Feb. 28 near her home in the 5500 block of West Le Moyne Street.

Showers, 55, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, where she was pronounced dead, authorities said.

Muhammad Baseer, 23, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with first-degree murder, Chicago police announced. He also is charged with three felony counts of reckless discharge of a firearm and one count each of aggravated assault with a firearm and possession of a stolen vehicle.

A group of West Side religious leaders had offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction in Showers’ death.

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Showers had been a parishioner at Greater St. John Bible Church for more than 20 years. 

The Rev. Ira Acree, the church’s pastor, announced earlier this month that the church would institute an annual Tracey Showers Faithful Servant Award for a woman in the community known for acts of service.

Baseer was scheduled to appear in bond court Saturday.