Man found dead with severe head trauma in East Ukrainian Village

A man was found dead early Sunday in the Near West Side East Ukrainian Village neighborhood.

Officers found him on a sidewalk just before 2 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Ashland, according to Chicago Police.

The man, in his mid-to-late-40s, had severe head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

An autopsy Sunday found the man suffered multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, and his death was ruled a homicide, according to the medical examiner’s office. His identity had not been released/

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation. No one was in custody.