A 57-year-old man was found dead Thursday night just blocks from a home where he stabbed two men during an argument, police said.
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About 9:20 p.m., the man got into an argument with two men inside a home in the 300 block of West 104th Street. During the argument, the 57-year-old pulled out a knife and stabbed the two men and then fled, police said.
The 57-year-old man was found dead a short distance away, in the 10300 block of South Princeton Avenue. Early Friday, authorities still were trying to determine how the man died, saying he had not been stabbed.
The two other men were hospitalized for stab wounds. An 85-year-old man was stabbed in his chest, and a 56-year-old man was stabbed in the right side of his chest, his right hand and right leg, police said.
Police said all three men knew each other. The man who died had not been identified as of early Friday.
Update on June 24, 2015: The 57-year-old man was identified as Howard R. Taylor, of the 7800 block of South Essex Avenue in Chicago. He was pronounced dead at 9:59 p.m. May 14, 2015, at Holy Cross Hospital via telemetry. The cause and manner of his death remained pending.
Update at 1:47 p.m. on 9-6-2015: According to the medical examiner, the cause of Taylor’s death was cocaine toxicity with cardiomegaly (enlargement of the heart). The death was ruled an accident.