Well Hung Black Man Dies in 4th District Lock-Up / Okoi Ofem dead at 19

A 19-year-old man was pronounced dead this morning after being found hanging in a cell at the 4th District police lockup on Friday afternoon.

Officers discovered the man hanging shortly before 2 p.m. Friday, inside a cell located at 2255 E. 103rd Place, said Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

The man was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was pronounced dead today at 7:44 a..m, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

The man was identified as Okoi Ofem of the 8700 block of South Muskegon Avenue, according to the medical examiner's office.

Ofem's cause of death was pending an autopsy scheduled for Sunday.