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A passerby discovered a critically wounded man sitting inside a parked vehicle early Monday morning on the city’s Far South Side.
The incident occurred around 12:35 a.m. in the 11300 block of South Edbrooke Avenue in the Roseland neighborhood.
A local resident walking through the area noticed an unresponsive male inside a parked automobile and immediately called emergency personnel.
Chicago police officers responded to the South Edbrooke Avenue scene and located the victim inside the vehicle.
Police personnel identified the wounded driver as 33-year-old Rashi L. Gant of the Far South Side.
Gant suffered a single gunshot wound directly to his neck during the early morning attack.
Emergency medical personnel arrived quickly at the residential block and rendered emergency aid to Gant.
Paramedics transported Gant to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn for urgent trauma care.
Attending medical personnel at Advocate Christ Medical Center pronounced Gant dead a short time later.
Area detectives secured the crime scene and gathered physical evidence from the parked automobile.
Chicago Police Department investigators launched a full homicide investigation into the fatal shooting.
Authorities have not reported any suspect descriptions or motives related to the shooting at this time.
No suspects are currently in custody as detectives continue searching for neighborhood surveillance video.
