Chicago police officer found dead inside South Side home

Police and firefighters salute a procession by the Chicago Police Department escorts a police officer who was found dead in his home to the Cook County Medical Examiner at 2121 W. Harrison St., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

A Chicago police officer was found dead inside his South Side home Tuesday morning.

Paramedics found the officer unresponsive in the 9400 block of South Wabash Avenue, according to Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

The man, in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene, he said.

His cause of death has not been determined by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Chicago police said they responded at 11:10 a.m., and are conducting a death investigation.

A procession took his body to the medical examiner’s officer’s office on the Near West Side.

Police officers and firefighters observe a procession near the Cook County medical examiner’s office on the Near West Side after Chicago police officer was found dead inside his home Nov. 24 on the South Side.