Man found with gunshot wound to head in backseat of SUV after crash in Queens
NEW YORK - A crash in Queens took a gruesome turn Wednesday.
Police said a car stopped at a red light was rear-ended by an SUV just after 8 p.m. near Sanford Avenue and Parson Boulevard in Flushing.
Investigators said the driver of the SUV ran off, and they found a 48-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his head in the backseat. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear.
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