3 men found slain in parked car in Auburn Gresham

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Three men were found shot to death Monday morning in a parked car in the South Side Auburn Gresham neighborhood.

The bodies were found at 7:35 a.m. in an illegally parked car in the 8600 block of South Throop, according to Chicago Police.

Vogels T. Anderson, Jr., 20, was shot in the head; Ryan Hamilton, 20, was shot in the neck; and Devontae Watson, 18, was shot multiple times, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Anderson and Watson lived in the Southwest Side Ashburn neighborhood, and Hamilton lived in south suburban Blue Island.

Autopsies Tuesday ruled their deaths homicides.

Area South detectives are investigating.

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