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Man's Body Pulled From Jackson Park Inner Harbor

August 6, 2013 8:38pm | Updated August 6, 2013 8:38pm
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.

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