3 women found dead at Rogers Park living center; CFD works to decrease temperature inside

All three girls have been found unresponsive within the Rogers Park constructing, situated within the 7400 block of North Rogers Avenue, Chicago police stated. The primary lady, 67 years previous, was discovered at about 11:11 a.m. The second lady, 75 years previous, was discovered three hours later, at about 2:11 p.m. The third lady, reported to be roughly 70 years previous, was discovered at about 7:00 p.m. Every lady was pronounced useless on the scene.

The trigger and method of loss of life will probably be decided by the medical expert, however foul play will not be suspected at the moment, police stated.
The Chicago Hearth Division reported that the temperature contained in the constructing had decreased at 8:56 p.m. CFD stated it’s ventilating and blowing cool air inside to assist facilitate a cool-down course of.

Alderwoman Maria Hadden of the forty ninth Ward stated residents had complained to her that the air-con wasn’t on throughout the scorching days this previous week. She stated the employees informed her a metropolis ordinance prevented them from turning on the air-con. Hadden stated that is not true.

A spokesperson for Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s workplace launched the next assertion:

“Earlier right now, the Metropolis of Chicago responded to requires service that led to the invention of fatalities in the identical residential constructing. At present, metropolis representatives from Hearth, Buildings, Division of Household and Assist Providers, and others are on the scene to help the residents. A unit-by-unit well-being test is in progress by the Chicago Hearth Division and metropolis representatives are monitoring constructing administration in switching over the air-con for the constructing. As well as, a cooling bus is out there to residents. The investigation into the reason for loss of life stays ongoing. We are going to proceed taking the mandatory measures to ensure the residents of the buildings are secure, and we’ll guarantee that constructing administration owns accountability for the care of its residents. We are going to present an additional replace when extra info turns into out there. If any residents are experiencing uncomfortably heat temperatures of their buildings, they need to name 311, and constructing administration and the Metropolis will reply.”

Police didn’t present additional details about the incidents.