Person in Custody After Man Found Dead Inside Southwest Side Home: Police

A person was in custody after police found a man dead inside a home in the Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

About 12:50 a.m., officers responded to the 3100 block of West 40th Street and found a man in his 30s with blunt force trauma to his head, Chicago Police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

A weapon was recovered from the scene, and a person of interest was arrested, police said.

Area Central detectives were conducting a homicide investigation.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t released details about the death.

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