Man, 58, dies Thursday after Englewood fight

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A 58-year-old man died Thursday of injuries suffered in a fight the night before in the South Side Englewood neighborhood.

Gregory Jackson was in a physical altercation Wednesday night in the 1500 block of West 63rd Street, and suffered blunt trauma to the head, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police did not know who he was fighting with.

Jakcson was found unresponsive in bed the next morning, and pronounced dead at the scene at 9:40 a.m., authorities said.

An autopsy Friday found he died of subdural hematoma and multiple blunt force traumatic injuries, according to the medical examiner’s office. His death was ruled a homicide.

Area South detectives were investigating.

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