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Man Shot Dead While Driving in Austin: Police

By Alex Nitkin | August 24, 2015 8:30am
 Police said a 42-year-old man was gunned down while driving Sunday night.
Police said a 42-year-old man was gunned down while driving Sunday night.
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AUSTIN — A 42-year-old man was shot to death while behind the wheel of a car in Austin Sunday night, police said.

Around 8:35 p.m., the man was driving down the 1000 block of North Lamon Avenue when someone opened fire from the street, according to Officer Jose Estrada, a Chicago Police spokesman.

The man crashed into a parked car after being shot multiple times in his body, Estrada said.

Paramedics pronounced the man dead on site, Estrada said.

No one is in custody, Estrada said.

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