Man dead after being found shot in car following crash outside West Side school

CHICAGO (CBS) — A man has died after he was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a car that crashed outside a school Wednesday afternoon in Humboldt Park.

Police said, around 12:15 p.m., a 41-year-old man was found unresponsive inside a vehicle in the 600 block of North Lawndale Avenue, after the vehicle  crashed into a parked car.

The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in grave condition, with multiple gunshot wounds to the body. He was later pronounced dead.

The crash happened outside Laura Ward Elementary School. Chicago Public Schools officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Police said no one was in custody Wednesday afternoon. Area 4 detectives were investigating.

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