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Coroner Identifies Shooting Victims

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO):Authorities have identified two men found died Wednesday.

The Allen County Coroners office has confirmed that 21-year-old Jaymaris Alexander, a black man, died from gunshot wounds, he was found on Holton Avenue around 10:15 a.m.

Another shooting victim 47-year-old Mark Kenchanh, an Asian man, was found dead in a pickup truck on Fayette Drive. That incident was first reported around 4:20 p.m. 

The deaths are the sixth and seventh homicides of the year in Allen County. Police continue to investigate both cases.

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