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A 54-year-old man was found dead inside his car parked on a Mid-City street early Sunday morning, police have announced. At around 5:35 a.m., police responded to a call on the 2100 block of South 2nd Avenue where Otto Paiz was found dead by a young woman. No motive is known at this time, but Paiz was found sitting in the passenger seat with a gunshot wound.