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Body found in car near Dorchester elementary school

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October 26, 07 08:49 AM

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By Globe Staff

The body of a man in his 20s with a bullet wound in his head was found this morning slumped in a car parked behind the John J. Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester, police said.

Boston police have blocked off the area around the car, which is a Toyota. The driver's side window has been shattered. The body was discovered at about 7:45 a.m.

Homicide investigators are at the school.

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