Chicago police responded to a call in the Avondale neighborhood overnight and discovered a 39-year-old man who was pronounced dead at the scene.
Shortly after 1:45 a.m., the victim was found unresponsive in the 3400 block of North Kimball Avenue with multiple lacerations to his body.
His cause of death was pending an autopsy.
The circumstances leading up to the fatal attack were immediately available, and detectives were investigating.