CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago police are investigating after an 87-year-old woman was found dead in her Bronzeville apartment Saturday.
Police were called to the Lincoln Perry Apartments in the 3200-block of S. Prairie Avenue around 3:40 p.m. after an on-scene witness said they couldn't get ahold of the woman, according to CPD.
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The victim was discovered unresponsive in a wheelchair and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The woman has been identified as Mae Brown, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.
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Brown's death has been ruled a homicide and she appeared to have multiple injuries from an assault, the medical examiner said.