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Man Dead After Jumping From Loop Parking Garage Monday Afternoon

By Rachel Cromidas in News on May 9, 2016 9:17PM

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Photo of the parking garage Monday afternoon. Via Matt Tuteur/Chicagoist

A 34-year-old man died after jumping from a Loop parking garage Monday afternoon, according to authorities.

The man jumped from an above-ground parking garage in the 100 block of North Wells Street, a police spokesman told Chicagoist. He was pronounced dead at the scene by police and fire department first responders. Police have a death investigation ongoing.

The block was closed to through-traffic Monday afternoon, and a white sheet could be seen covering the man's body in the road near the intersection of Wells and Lake streets.

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