The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
Chicago School Board President Michael Scott had a gunshot wound to the left temple when authorities found his body in the Chicago River near the Merchandise Mart early this morning, sources said.
An autopsy will be performed later today to rule how Scott, 60, died. He was reported missing from his home in the Monroe police district on the Near West Side in Chicago Sunday, sources said.
Just a reminder from the
Chicago Sun-Times concerning Michael Scott:
has been subpoenaed to testify before a federal grand jury investigating how students are chosen for admission to some of the city's most elite public schools.
Here's the
Chicago Tribune on the story. Here's
Michelle Malkin on the story.