Waukegan police investigating fatal shooting at motel

Waukegan police say they are investigating the death of a man at a motel on N. Green Bay Road.

The victim was identified only as a man in his 30s from Chicago, according to a news release. An autopsy is scheduled for today. Once the autopsy has been completed and proper family notifications have been make, Coroner Dr. Howard Cooper will release the victim's identity, officials said.

Police were dispatched to a motel on the 0 to 100 block of N. Green Bay Road for a report of shots fire at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officers found a man who appeared to have been shot. The man was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police said in the news release that the case is an open and active homicide investigation, and no one is in custody and no suspect information is available.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Waukegan Police Department's Criminal Investigations Division at (847) 360-9001.