The death of a man whose body was pulled from Lake Michigan near DuSable Harbor early Saturday has been ruled a homicide after a Sunday autopsy, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

The cause of death was drowning. The medical examiner had not release additional details or the 63-year-old man’s identity as of Sunday afternoon.

He was found near the 200 block of North Lakefront Drive at around 3 a.m. Saturday. Divers with the Chicago Fire Department responded, and the man was pronounced dead at 4 a.m. on scene, according to Chicago police and the medical examiner.

Belmont Area detectives are investigating the death.

Through last Saturday, at least 32 people had drowned in Lake Michigan this year , according to the Great Lakes Surf Rescue Project, which tracks dea

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