Man fatally shoots himself as authorities tried to arrest him in Back of the Yards: police

An autopsy is scheduled Tuesday for a man who allegedly fatally shot himself as authorities tried to arrest him Monday morning in the Back of the Yards on the South Side, police said.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force, which includes Chicago Police officers, were preparing to serve an arrest warrant at a home in the 5400 block of South Hermitage Avenue around 9:35 a.m. Monday when the 53-year-old man who was the subject of the warrant shot himself in the head, police said.

The unidentified man was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center where he was pronounced dead about an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

An autopsy to determine the cause and manner of his death is scheduled, the medical examiner’s office said.

A weapon was recovered at the scene and no officers fired their weapons, officials said.

The Investigative Response Team is investigating.