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Man fatally shot while driving car in South Philly

The shooting happened on the 2300 block of South Marshall Street just before 8:15 p.m. Monday.

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A 25-year-old man was fatally shot in the head while driving a car Monday night in South Philadelphia, police said.

The victim was driving silver Chevrolet Impala on the 2300 block of South Marshall Street when he was shot in the back of the head just before 8:15 p.m., police said. The car then struck a parked vehicle.

Police took the man to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 8:38 p.m.

He was identified Tuesday morning as as Najee Jones, of the 5200 block of North Sixth Street in Olney.

No arrests were reported.