MORGAN PARK — An 84-year-old man died Friday after a suspected arson in his Morgan Park home, officials said.
Around 4 a.m. May 31, Henry McCann Jr. saw a man in the backyard of his home in the 11200 block of South Green Street, according to Officer Bari Lemmon, a Chicago Police spokeswoman.
The man fled, and McCann went to his garage, suspecting that the man had broken into it, Lemmon said. When McCann opened the garage door, an explosion occurred and left him with severe burns.
Investigators believe a fire had been intentionally started inside the garage, police said. By the time it was put out, two other garages on the block were also damaged.
McCann died of his injuries Friday after being held in critical condition at Stroger Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
No one is in custody and a homicide investigation is underway, police said.
Another man was killed in a suspected arson less than a mile away, in the 10600 block of South Morgan Street, in September.
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