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Man found shot to death in parked car on Near West Side

The man, 33, was discovered in the 200 block of South Hoyne Avenue, police said.

By  Sun-Times Wire
   
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A man was found shot to death Thursday night in a parked car on the Near West Side.

Jere Buford, 33, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 200 block of South Hoyne Avenue about 11:40 p.m., Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

No other details were immediately available.

No one was in custody.

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