Palatine police: Man found dead in car with gunshot wound

A 20-year-old man died of an apparent gunshot wound after police found him in a car reportedly involved in several crashes Monday night, Palatine police said.

Palatine police were called to the 1200 block of East Prairie Brook Drive at 9:39 p.m. for a report of a vehicle that had struck multiple parked vehicles and a dumpster.

Officers found the man in the driver’s seat of a black Audi four-door vehicle.

Palatine firefighters were called to the location and took the man to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

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