Police in University Park are investigating a homicide after a man was found shot in a car Wednesday afternoon.

       University Park and Prince George’s County officers, responding to a report of a motor vehicle accident at 2:35 p.m., arrived at the 4000 block of Underwood Street to find a man in a car with an apparent gunshot wound, University Park Police Chief Harvey Baker said.

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       The man had been driving when he was shot, Baker said. The car then crashed into a tree in front of a single-family house on the quiet block. A nurse in the neighborhood performed CPR on the man until police arrived and took over, Baker said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.

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       Prince George’s police are investigating. The county department handles all homicides that occur in University Park, Baker said.

       No one has been apprehended in the shooting, Baker said.

       “This is a safe town. It’s a very safe town,” Baker said. “We haven’t had a homicide in over 10 years.”

       Correction: An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect address for the location of the car in which the victim was found. It was in the 4000 block of Underwood Street, not University Park Drive. The story has been corrected.