Overview
- Firefighters held a Friday morning procession to Blake-Lamb Funeral Home, with public visitation set for March 26 and a funeral on March 27 at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.
- Altman, 32, died Tuesday after falling through a first-floor collapse into a burning basement during a Monday fire at 1757 W. North Shore Ave. in Rogers Park.
- Chicago police detained and questioned a man on a separate failure-to-appear warrant; he has not been charged in connection with the fire, sources and officials said.
- An internal CPD bulletin identifying the man surfaced publicly, prompting an internal review of the document’s release, police said.
- CFD’s arson unit and CPD continue to investigate the fire’s origin, and community fundraisers have raised more than $400,000, topping $500,000 by Friday, to support Altman’s family.