Man shot dead in parked car in Austin neighborhood

Stephen Perkins was shot Monday while sitting in the driver’s seat of the car in the 5400 block of West Hadden Avenue, police said.

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A man was shot and killed while sitting in a parked car Monday in Austin on the West Side, according to Chicago police.

Stephen Perkins, 37, was shot around noon as he sat in the car’s driver’s seat in the 5400 block of West Hadden Avenue, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was taken to West Suburban Hospital and pronounced dead, according to police, who reported no arrests.

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