Overview

• A male was found in a hotel room with a gunshot wound to the neck and was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday afternoon.
• Police responded shortly after 1 p.m. to the first block of West 26th Street at 26th and State streets in Chicago's Near South Side.
• A hotel employee discovered the victim during a room service call, according to a police report obtained by the Tribune.
• Investigators noted a bullet hole in the bed’s headboard and recovered a single shell casing inside the room.
• No arrests were reported and the victim’s age and identity had not been released as the investigation continued.