Body Found By Rowers In Lake Michigan

CHICAGO, IL —Emergency crews pulled a body Wednesday morning from Lake Michigan on the North Side, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. The body was discovered by rowers at around 6:30 a.m. in Diversey Harbor, WGN-TV News reports.

A Chicago Fire Department spokesman only identified the body as that of a black man, the Sun-Times reports. The body was pulled from the lake near North Lake Shore Drive and Diversey Parkway in Lincoln Park by Chicago police's marine unit, the report added.

No other information about how the individual died or ended up in the harbor has been released at this time. (Get Patch real-time email alerts for the latest news for Lincoln Park and Chicago — or other neighborhoods. And iPhone users: Check out Patch's new app.)

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