Shawndale Neal was found beaten to death Wednesday morning in the North Lawndale neighborhood.
The 39-year-old Neal was discovered with a wound to the head about 7:30 a.m. in an alley near his home in the 1500 block of South Lawndale, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
He was dead at the scene, authorities said.
Police initially said the incident appeared to be a shooting, but an autopsy on Thursday showed Neal died of blunt force head injuries from an assault. His death was ruled a homicide.
—Chicago Sun-Times Wire