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November 27, 2012

Man killed at OKC car wash

Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City police are investigating after a man was shot dead at a car wash.

Police said the shooting happened Sunday night at a car wash in southwest Oklahoma City that’s across the street from Ulysses S. Grant High School. The man was vacuuming his car when he was shot multiple times. Authorities said the man was taken to OU Medical Center, where he later died.

The death is Oklahoma City’s 86th homicide of the year.

— AP

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