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Man, 30, Pulled from Montrose Harbor Dies

September 2, 2013 9:04am | Updated September 2, 2013 9:04am
Najam Naimi was pulled from the water near Montrose Harbor and later died at Weiss Hospital.
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DNAinfo/Devlin Brown

UPTOWN— A 30-year-old man was pulled from the water near Montrose Harbor on Sunday.

Police responded to a man in the water near 44000 North near the lakefront around 3:30 p.m. The man was taken from the water and transported to Weis Memorial Hospital in critical condition, said Officer Daniel O'Brien, a police spokesman.

The man was pronounced dead at Weiss Hospital at 4:12 p.m. He was identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner as Najam Naimi, of the 600 block of Maypole avenue in East Garfield Park.

Detectives are investigating the death, said O'Brien.

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