Male Found Fatally Shot in South Loop Hotel Room as Police Open Homicide Investigation

Detectives reported no arrests or identification in the case.

Overview

Officers discovered the victim around 1:05 p.m. Thursday in the 0–100 block of West 26th Street at the corner of 26th and State.
The shooting occurred inside the Chicago South Loop Hotel, according to police.
A male with a gunshot wound to the neck was pronounced dead at the scene.
Area 3 detectives are investigating the death as a homicide with no one in custody as of Thursday evening.
Authorities have not released the victim’s age or identity and provided no additional details.