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Three in custody after man was found shot in car parked in the Bronx (UPDATED)

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Police are investigating the death of a man who was found shot in the chest on a Bronx street on Sunday night.

Authorities say that at 10:50 p.m. on Jan. 9, the NYPD responded to a 911 call regarding a person shot in front of 1005 Walton Avenue. Upon their arrival, officers found a 35-year-old man sitting in the driver’s seat of a Honda Accord, unconscious and unresponsive, with a gunshot wound to the chest.

Paramedics rushed the victim to NYC Health & Hospitals/Lincoln, where he was pronounced dead. His identity is being withheld pending family notification.

Three people were taken into custody near the incident location. Djiguiba Fofana, 30, of Port Huenene, CA, was charged with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, while LaToya Douglas, 30, of Port Huenene, CA, and Ibrahima Fofana, 22, of Philadelphia, PA, were charged with criminal possession of a weapon.

Updated at 2:56 p.m. on Jan. 11.