Man found shot to death in parked car on Southwest Side

Officers responded to shots fired in the 2800 block of West 85th Street late Thursday night.

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A man was fatally shot June 24, 2021, on the Southwest Side.

A man was fatally shot June 24, 2021, on the Southwest Side.

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A man was found shot to death in a parked car in Wrightwood on the Southwest Side Thursday night.

Officers responded to shots fired about 11:30 p.m. in the 2800 block of West 85th Street, Chicago police said. Myles Mackey, 21, was unresponsive with gunshot wounds to the head, back and rib area, police said.

He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead at 3:56 a.m. Thursday, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Mackey had lived in the neighborhood where he was shot, the medical examiner’s office said.

No arrests have been reported.

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