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Police: Teen Fatally Shot Sitting In Vehicle

Updated 12/21/11 at 7:31 p.m.

CHICAGO (STMW) - A teenager was fatally shot Saturday afternoon in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side, police said.

Police responded at 3:05 p.m. to the 6000 block of South Green Street, according to police News Affairs Officer Darryl Baety, citing preliminary information.

Officers found an 18-year-old man who had been shot twice in the neck seated inside a White Cadillac at the Green Street address, according to police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

The teen was taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, where he was pronounced dead, Zala said.

The engine was running in vehicle the teen was found in at the time officers arrived on the scene, Zala said.

No one was in custody Saturday evening.

Wentworth Area detectives are investigating.

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