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Man found dead with severe burns near Portage Park car dealership

Keisha Patel
Sports Reporter · Tuesday, November 3, 2026 at 5:35 PM · 1 min read
Man found dead with severe burns near Portage Park car dealership — Northbrook Community news

A man was found dead with severe burns in a lot adjacent to a car dealership in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood early Tuesday, authorities said. Officers were called around 12:10 a.m. to West Irving Park Road near North Lockwood Avenue, where the man was found in a lot next to the City Volkswagen dealership. Police said the unidentified adult man had burns throughout his body and injuries to his head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. @nbcchicago A man s body was found outside a Chicago car dealership with severe burns and injuries to the head, police say. Video shows a large investigation in the parking lot behind the City Volkswagen of Chicago dealership in Portage Park at the intersection of Irving Park Road and Lockwood Avenue. #chicago #portagepark #investigation #crime #police ♬ original sound NBC Chicago Video from the scene showed multiple Chicago police vehicles and a portion of the lot cordoned off with crime scene tape. The man had not been id

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