Morgan Greene
Chicago Tribune
(MCT)
Three women were found dead Saturday in a Rogers Park senior housing facility that the local alderman said lacked air conditioning.
芝加哥警方说，整天，这三名妇女（68、72和76岁）在芝加哥警方N. Rogers Ave. 7400街区的詹姆斯·斯内德公寓（James Sneider Apartments）无反应。他们在现场被宣布死亡。
The deaths followed days of unseasonably warm temperatures.
In a video posted to social media, Ald. Maria Hadden, 49th, said residents started to complain about the heat Thursday, but management had not turned on air conditioning. Portable units were set up in a community room.
“From being in those units, it’s so hot,” Hadden said in the video. “We’ll be following up to hold the folks accountable who could have done something differently to prevent this tragedy.”
The medical examiner’s office has not yet ruled on the cause of death, and police said foul play wasn’t suspected.
The James Sneider Apartments are managed by the Hispanic Housing Development Corp., which did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
By Saturday evening, Chicago fire officials said the temperature in the building had decreased and cool air was being blown throughout the facility. The Chicago Fire Department carried out well-being checks throughout the building, officials said, and a cooling bus was available to residents.
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