By Townhall Chicago News Staff
A man was set on fire and beaten to death outside a car dealership in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, according to a report during election-night broadcast coverage. No arrests had been made as of the broadcast.
The broadcast did not identify the victim or provide a specific time for the attack. Chicago police had not released additional details at the time of the report.
Separately, police in Norridge were investigating an apparent murder-suicide after a welfare check at a home Monday night, according to the same broadcast report. Names of those involved had not been released.
Neither case had resulted in an arrest or official identification of the people involved as of the broadcast. Investigations into both incidents were ongoing, and no further details, including victim identities, were available from police at the time of the broadcast.