Overview

• Chicago Fire Department Marine Unit and Chicago Police Department officers responded just after 1 a.m. to a call of an unresponsive man in the water near the Sydney Marovitz Golf Course.
• The victim was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.
• Authorities have not yet identified the man, do not know his age and have not determined how he entered the lake.
• Chicago police have classified the case as a death investigation and are urging anyone with information to submit tips at CPDtip.com.
• This incident follows a summer of similar lakefront rescues and fatalities that have raised concerns about safety conditions along Chicago’s shoreline.