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Man shot in the head, killed near Metro

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A 37-year-old man was found in a car with a gunshot wound to the head near MetroHealth Medical Center overnight. 

Police were called to the 2100 block of Corning Avenue around 10:20 p.m. Tuesday for a report of shots fired.

Witnesses said they heard gunshots and then a crash. 

Officers responding to the scene found a man in the front seat of a BMW SUV, dead from a gunshot wound to the head. 

Police said the victim drove the vehicle a short distance after he was shot, hitting several parked cars. 

The suspect was described as a black male. No other description is available at this time. 

Homicide detectives and the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating. 

A 22-year-old man was also found dead in a car early Tuesday after a shooting on the east side.