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Police identify 3 men found dead in Kankakee apartment

KANKAKEE, Ill. (AP) - Police have identified three Kankakee men found dead inside an apartment and said they appeared to have been shot.

Killed were Kyle M. Washington, 25; Deontay M. Tyler, 24; and Malcolm D. Murray, 27, police said.

Police were called to the apartment about 2 p.m. Wednesday by a relative of one of the men who was checking on their welfare.

It appeared the men had been shot sometime since the previous evening, police said in a news release.

No arrests have been made.

The Kankakee Police Department requested assistance from the Illinois State Police Crime Scene Services to process the crime scene.