Man, 39, found shot to death in vehicle in Chicago Lawn

Officers found a 39-year-old man shot to death Monday evening in the Chicago Lawn community on the Southwest Side, police said.

About 6 p.m., the officers responded to a ShotSpotter alert and found Mohammed Rafati with multiple gunshot wounds in the backseat of a vehicle in the 6900 block of South Western, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Rafati, of Hickory Hills, was rushed to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn and pronounced dead, authorities said.

Area Central Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.