Man crashes after being fatally shot in South Loop: police

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Police investigate a fatal shooting that happened about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 700 block of South Clark. | Justin Jackson/Sun-Times

A man died after being shot in the head while driving early Wednesday in the South Loop, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Zachary Stoner, 30, was driving about 1:30 a.m. in the 700 block of South Clark Street when another vehicle drove up to his and someone inside fired shots, police said. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He lived in south suburban Harvey.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation, officials said.

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