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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Emmanuel Camarillo

Immigrant who died at Woodlawn shelter identified: ‘He was a very good person’

Asylum-seekers wait on a CTA bus prior to their arrival at a temporary shelter at the former James Wadsworth Elementary School at 6420 S. University Ave. in Woodlawn in February. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

Authorities have identified an immigrant who was found dead last week at a shuttered elementary school in Woodlawn on the South Side that’s being used as a temporary shelter.

The man was identified as 26-year-old Luis Alberto Aguilar Peres, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Autopsy results were pending.

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