Crime & Safety
Body Found During Fire Investigation in Avalon Park
A body was removed from the scene of a fire early Tuesday morning on Stony Island Avenue.
Chicago, IL - Fire crews who responded to a blaze at a commercial building in Avalon Park Tuesday morning found a dead body.
The body was discovered during the investigation of a fire around 7 a.m. in the 8000 block of S. Stony Island Avenue, according to WGN.
The fire has been extinguished, and Chicago police have declared the area a crime scene.
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The victim was reported later Tuesday to have been a 56-year-old man who was shot in the head, according to CBS.
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The location of the find is on the east end of the city’s Avalon Park neighborhood and just west of the Chicago Skyway.
Emergency crews were gathered in both a parking area adjacent to a the busy three-way intersection near the
Interstate and behind the building where the fire was reported.
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