A police investigation is underway after authorities say a Grayslake man in his late 30s was found dead in an alley on Chicago’s West Side early Friday morning.
The Chicago Police Department and Chicago Fire Department responded around 12:47 a.m. Friday to the 3500 block of West Adams Street for a report of a person down call.
A 911 caller reported a male was down and not moving in the “T” alley between Adams Street and Jackson Boulevard in East Garfield Park.
Officers arrived and found an unresponsive adult male in the alley, according to police officials.
Paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene.
Crime scene tape was set up around the area during the investigation.
Police officials said the male was unidentified at the scene and no identification was found on him.
The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office is scheduling an autopsy on the victim.
Police officials said the circumstances of the incident are under investigation by Area 4 detectives and autopsy results are pending.
The medical examiner’s office said the body was later identified as a 39-year-old man from Grayslake.
His identity has not been released yet and the cause and manner of death have not been determined.