Police find man shot in flipped SUV; victim dies at hospital

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Police found a Turtle Creek man shot multiple times in a flipped SUV in Marshall-Shadeland early Friday morning, and he died after being taken to a hospital.

Officers found the upside-down vehicle at 12:21 a.m., according to Public Safety spokeswoman Sonya Toler. They found Dedric Ellis, 48, with several gunshot wounds, although how and where the shooting occurred was not immediately clear.

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“We believe it happened several blocks up the street,” Toler said, noting several shell casings were found in that vicinity.

A witness said Ellis was involved in a shootout with another vehicle up the street and then crashed.

"It was a big thump and it sounded like something was coming off the bridge it was very loud and all of a sudden it stopped," said Marcie Kemmler.

Paramedics took Ellis to Allegheny General Hospital in the North Side but he died at 1 a.m.

The fatal shooting happened hours after a shooting several blocks away at Dickson Street and Shadeland Avenue; a man showed up at Allegheny General with a gunshot wound to the arm while police were on the scene.

Police have not said whether the shootings are related and continue to investigate.