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Riverside man dies after falling out of window in Wrigleyville

By George Slefo

A west suburban man died early Tuesday after he fell out of a third-floor window in Wrigleyville during a party.

Daniel McGovern, 20, fell out of a window in the 3500 block of North Wilton about 2 a.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

Police said he had been attending a party in the building.

McGovern, of the 200 block of Gatesby Road in Riverside, was taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 9:10 a.m., authorities said.

An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

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