Man fatally shot in car in Englewood

Jamel Fields, 28, was shot in the left shoulder about 12:45 p.m. Saturday while in the 1000 block of West 59th Street.

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A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in Englewood.

A man was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in Englewood.

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A man was shot to death while inside a car Saturday afternoon in Englewood on the South Side, police said.

Jamel Fields, 28, was in the car about 12:45 p.m. in the 1000 block of West 59th Street when someone fired shots, striking him in the left shoulder, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

He was taken to St. Bernard Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police.

No arrests were reported.

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