Man found shot in a car dies in Fairfax County

A man who was found in a car with gunshot wounds in Fairfax County has died, police said.

About 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, police responded to the intersection of San Leandro Place and Mendocina Place in the Mount Vernon area. Officers found a man in his 40s in a car with more than one gunshot wound to his upper body, police spokesman Officer Bud Walker said.

The man was pronounced dead at a hospital, Walker said, and his name will be released pending family notification.

Police are investigating the incident as a homicide. No suspect information was available. 

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