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Man's Body Pulled From Jackson Park Inner Harbor

By Quinn Ford | August 6, 2013 8:38pm
 The body of Wayne Gordon, 30, was pulled from the Jackson Park Inner Harbor Tuesday afternoon.
The body of Wayne Gordon, 30, was pulled from the Jackson Park Inner Harbor Tuesday afternoon.
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JACKSON PARK — The body of a man was pulled from the Jackson Park Inner Harbor Tuesday, officials said.

About 11 a.m., police responded to a call of a body found floating in the harbor in the 6400 block of South Richards Drive, said Sgt. Antoinette Ursitti, a police spokeswoman.

The man, identified as Wayne Gordon, was pronounced dead at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office, according to officials there.

Gordon, 30, lived on the 10600 block of South Avenue H in the East Side neighborhood, officials said.

Area Central detectives are investigating the death, Ursitti said.