Man found dead in alley with neck slashed in Englewood

A witness found the 58-year-old unresponsive in the 1500 block of West 63rd Street, authorities said.

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A man was found dead with a cut on his neck on Friday in Englewood on the South Side.

A witness found Antonio Lopez Jr., 58, unresponsive in an alley with a laceration to his neck, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

Officers responded to a man down about 1 p.m. and found him in the 1500 block of West 63rd Street, authorities said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. He died of “incised wounds of the neck” according to an autopsy conducted Saturday. His death was ruled a homicide.

Area South detectives are conducting a homicide investigation.

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