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Chicago Sun-Times
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Man found dead at bottom of South Shore staircase

A man was found dead, Aug. 19, 2019, at the bottom of a staircase in South Shore. | Sun-Times file photo

A man was found dead at the bottom of a staircase Monday in an apartment building in South Shore.

A passerby found the 39-year-old about 10:50 p.m. at a building in the 7200 block of South Phillips Avenue, Chicago police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Neither police nor the Cook County medical examiner’s office have determined a cause of death. However, the man was found with a deep laceration to his leg and blood coming from his nose, police said.

Area Central detectives are conducting a death investigation.

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