MAYWOOD, Ill. (WLS) -- A man who was found in a west suburban forest preserve Thursday died of multiple gunshot wounds, according to an autopsy.
Authorities continue to investigate the death of a man found shot in the Maywood Grove Forest Preserve as a homicide.
Cook County Forest preserve officials said Johnny Flores, 29, was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center on Thursday around 2:15 p.m.
Flores, of Maywood, died of multiple gunshot wounds, the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office said on Friday.
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Police initially responded to reports of a body found in a wooded area north of Lake Street on Des Plaines.
A spokesman for the Cook County Forest Preserve police said it was investigating the shooting with Maywood police.
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Maywood Police Chief Valdimir Talley said he did not have additional information about the homicide.
The Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this article.