A man was pulled from the North Branch of the Chicago River at River Park in Albany Park on Sunday afternoon and pronounced dead at the scene, Chicago police said. He was recovered near the 3000-block of West Argyle Street around 1:20 p.m., and his name had not been released as of Sunday night.
According to ABC7 Chicago, police said the man was pulled from the water at River Park in the Albany Park neighborhood and declared dead on the scene. Area Five detectives are now investigating his death, and authorities did not immediately provide additional information about what led up to the discovery.
Investigators Have Released Few Details So Far
Beyond the location and time of the recovery, police have not said how the man ended up in the river or offered any details about his age or background. The station's report notes his identity remains unconfirmed, leaving basic questions about the case unanswered for now.
River Park, which straddles the North Branch along Argyle Street, has been the site of other river recoveries in recent years. In August 2025, two kayakers discovered an unresponsive man floating in the same stretch of the North Branch, a case in which it was unclear how he had entered the water, according to CBS Chicago. In that incident, the Chicago Police Marine Unit recovered the man, who was also pronounced dead at the scene.
A Stretch of River With a History of Recoveries
CBS Chicago's report also referenced an earlier case from July 2021, when the Marine Unit pulled an unresponsive person from the water in the same general area. Separately, in March 2022, an unidentified male was found in the river around 8:50 a.m. in the 2900 block of West Lawrence Avenue, on the cusp of the Albany Park and Lincoln Square neighborhoods, per a different CBS Chicago report.
More recently, a man found dead in the Chicago River near River Park in Lincoln Square was identified in March as 52-year-old Ashraf Mahomed, according to ABC7 Chicago's coverage of that separate investigation. That case, like Sunday's discovery, began with few public details before investigators worked to identify the victim.
No further information has been released about Sunday's case, and police have not said when the man's name might be made public. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available from Chicago police.
