The 22-year-old Reekie Aboid succumbed to her wounds at Mount Sinai hospital in Lawndale nearly one week ago.
The police officer was reportedly investigating a disturbance near his home while off-duty.
A black man, who was also injured in the attack, explained that the officer shot him after mistaking his cell phone for a weapon.
He said that he was speaking when he was attacked and had no gun on him, adding that phone records as well as the man he was talking to will back him up.
The black man noted that he sustained serious injuries to his thumb as he wrapped his hand around his face to avoid being shot in the head.
The shooting has failed to get media coverage in the United States as attacks involving black Americans face media blackout.
Last month, watch guard George Zimmerman shot unarmed African-American teenager Trayvon Martin dead near his house in Florida.
Sanford police did not charge Zimmerman after he said he shot Martin in self-defense. A grand jury, however, will decide whether to charge Zimmerman with murder on April 10.
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