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An autopsy is scheduled for Thursday for a Posen man who died after he was pulled from Lake Michigan on the city’s South Side.
The victim, a 28-year-old man, was pulled from the lake at the 3900 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive near Burnham Park about 9:50 a.m., according to Chicago police.
The man, identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office as Marcelino Perez, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy will confirm whether Perez died from drowning.
As the area moves into summer, Lake Michigan has already seen at least six deaths this year, according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which keeps statistics on Great Lakes deaths and stresses lake safety.
