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Tow truck driver shot, killed in Chicago

Tow truck driver shot, killed in Chicago
Tow truck driver shot, killed in Chicago 00:46

CHICAGO (CBS)-- A tow truck driver was shot overnight in Chicago's East Garfield Park neighborhood. 

Around 1:30 a.m., responding officers found the 28-year-old driver inside the tow truck with gunshot wounds to his torso, in the 3000 block of West Fifth Avenue. The tow truck had multiple bullet holes in the window. 

The man, identified by the tow truck company as Jack Jacobson, a navy veteran, was pronounced dead on the scene.   

Police said a handgun was recovered next to him. 

Police are investigating what led up to the shooting. No arrests have been made. 

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