Man drowns at 31st Street Beach: CPD

31st Street Beach
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - JULY 19: Swimmers cool off at 31st Street Beach as temperatures climb into the 90's with a heat index expected to reach as high as 115 degrees on July 19, 2019 in Chicago, Illinois. Photo credit Scott Olson/Getty Images

The body of a man was pulled from Lake Michigan at the 31st Street Beach Tuesday night.

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Emergency crews responded to a call of a person in distress in the water in the 700 block of East 31st Street around 9:30 p.m., police said.

They recovered the body of a man around 30 years old. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center and pronounced dead.

Chicago police said they were conducting a police investigation.

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