Overview
- Visitation is scheduled for March 26 from 3–8 p.m. at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel, with a funeral there March 27 at 10 a.m.
- Altman, 32, died Tuesday after falling through a collapsed first floor into a burning basement during a 2-11 alarm fire at 1757 W. North Shore Ave.
- Around 100 firefighters responded to Monday’s blaze, which was struck out about 1:15 p.m., and the Chicago Police arson unit is investigating.
- Police say a person identified for questioning was taken into custody at a hospital on an outstanding warrant, and an internal leak of the bulletin is under review.
- CFD reports seven residents were displaced with no other injuries, and community fundraisers have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for Altman’s family, including his young child and pregnant wife.