September 25, 2025 / 8:13 PM CDT / CBS Chicago

A person was found shot to death Thursday afternoon in a hotel room in the South Loop.

Chicago police said, around 1:05 p.m., a male of unknown age was found in a hotel room at the Chicago South Loop Hotel, at the corner of 26th and State streets, with a gunshot wound to the neck.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

No one was in custody Thursday evening. Area 3 detectives were investigating.

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