Early Sunday on a quiet Morgan Park block, two men were found dead in the street, turning South Marshfield Avenue into the center of a baffling police investigation.
Chicago police said officers answering an emergency medical services call around 1:15 a.m. discovered the men lying in the roadway in the 11700 block of South Marshfield Avenue. Both were pronounced dead at the scene.
One victim was identified as a 30-year-old man. The other man had not yet been identified, and his age had not been released. Police classified the case as a death investigation and said there were no obvious signs of trauma where the bodies were found.
What Police Are Saying
According to ABC7 Chicago, officers arrived on the block after an EMS call and found the two men unresponsive before pronouncing them dead on the scene. The outlet reported that one victim was 30 years old while the second man remained unidentified, and that Chicago police have labeled the case a death investigation, noting “no evidence of trauma” at the location.
Area Two detectives are handling the probe, and police said additional information was not immediately available.
Investigators On The Scene
The Chicago Sun-Times also reported that the men were found in the street at about 1:15 a.m. and confirmed both were pronounced dead where they were discovered. The Sun-Times noted that no arrests had been announced and that investigators had not released a cause of death.
The Block's Recent Incidents
This stretch of South Marshfield has already been under a harsh spotlight this fall. In November, a pedestrian was killed in a hit-and-run on the very same block, an incident detailed in our earlier coverage of the same-block hit-and-run and also reported by FOX 32 Chicago.
That crash left a 45-year-old man dead, prompted a search for a van, and put a fresh focus on safety concerns along Marshfield. Sunday’s double death investigation now lands on a block that residents have already seen in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
What Comes Next
Police said further details were not immediately available as detectives continue to investigate. No arrests have been announced, and authorities are withholding the victims’ identities until family members can be notified.
We will update this story if the Chicago police release additional information.
