Person dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan at Edgewater's Foster Beach: officials

ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team WLS logo
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Person dies after being pulled from North Side beach: officials

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A person has died after being pulled from Lake Michigan at a North Side beach on Monday evening, Chicago police said.

Police said the person, a male of an unknown age, was pulled from the water at Foster Beach in the Edgewater neighborhood just before 5:45 p.m.

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The Chicago Fire Department and CPD were on the scene, and first responders were seen performing CPR on that person.

He was taken to Weiss Memorial Hospital in critical condition, police said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office later confirmed he died. His name was not immediately released.

Further information was not immediately available.

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