Man, 19, dropped off at Children's ER with fatal gunshot wounds

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Investigators at the scene on Burton Avenue in Avondale

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NORTH AVONDALE, OH (FOX19) -

Authorities are investigating a shooting death after a victim showed up at Children's Hospital on Wednesday evening.

Officers say Dashawn Wheeler, 19, was a passenger in a car when he was shot in the 900 block of Burton Avenue in North Avondale, around 6:30 p.m.

According to police, those in the car with the man dropped him off at the emergency room at Children's, the nearest hospital to the scene, where he was pronounced dead.

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