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EVANSVILLE, Ind. Police believe the victim of a fatal shooting on Evansville s West Side early Monday morning was shot in his vehicle while waiting for a traffic light to change.
The victim is Dashambe Ignacio Atkins, 25, of Evansville, according to the Vanderburgh County Coroner s Office. An autopsy is scheduled for 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Evansville Police Department officers were called to the intersection of North First Avenue and West Virginia Street around 3:20 a.m. to investigate reports of shots fired in the area as well as a wreck.
When officers arrived, they found a crashed vehicle with a deceased male in the driver’s seat, later identified as Atkins. It appeared as if he had been shot multiple times, Sgt. Nick Winsett said.