60-year-old man found shot to death in Melrose Park

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A 60-year-old man was found shot to death Monday morning in west suburban Melrose Park.

Officers responding to a well-being check at 6:14 a.m. in the 1300 block of Armitage Street found a man lying on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head, according to a statement from the Village of Melrose Park.

Juan Charo of Stone Park was taken to Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, where he was pronounced dead at 6:43 a.m., according to authorities.

Circumstances of the shooting remain unknown as of Monday afternoon. Melrose Park police and the West Suburban Major Crimes Task Force are investigating the death as a homicide.

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