Body pulled out of Lake Michigan near Edgewater Beach

CHICAGO - A body was pulled out of Lake Michigan Friday afternoon near Edgewater Beach on the North Side.

Just after 1 p.m., the marine units responded to a call of a person in the water near the 5400 block of North Lake Shore Drive, Chicago police said.

Firefighters pulled out a female, whose age wasn’t known, and she was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police.