Homeless man found dead in Kennedy Expressway underpass near Bucktown

The man was found in a tent about 1:10 a.m. under the overpass in the 1700 block of West Armitage Avenue, Chicago police said.

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A man was found dead Dec. 3, 2019, under an overpass in Bucktown on the North Side.

A man was found dead Dec. 3, 2019, under an overpass in Bucktown on the North Side.

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A homeless man was found dead in a tent Tuesday under the Kennedy Expressway in Bucktown on the North Side.

Someone bringing food to a man called 911 after finding the man unresponsive, Chicago police said.

Paramedics arrived about 1:10 a.m. to the underpass in the 1700 block of West Armitage Avenue and found Fredrick Hilleary, 55, in a camping tent, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

He was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. The witness told investigators he saw the man alive the day before at 9 a.m. when he last brought him food.

Police said there was no reason to suspect foul play.

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