Crime & Safety
Armed With Bricks, Teen Plunges Into Nearby Chicago River
A man wrapped bricks around his waist on Saturday morning before jumping to his demise in a Lincoln Park section of the Chicago River, police said.
A suburban teenager reportedly taped bricks to himself Saturday before plunging to his death in the North Branch of the Chicago River.
A Chicago Police News Affairs officer said Monday that the incident was being investigated as a suicide.
The 19-year-old Downers Grove man who jumped was pronounced dead around 6:30 a.m. Saturday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Police said the man used Duct tape to secure the bricks to his body before taking the leap.
A witness directed officers around 4:50 a.m. to the Lincoln Park scene, which was just west of the Clybourn Corridor in the 1100 block of West North Avenue.
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The police department's Marine Unit pulled the man from the water.
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